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Proverbs 23:6

Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

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אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תִּלְחַ֗םtilchamdevourלָחַםverb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “devour”, a wish or indirect commandH3898to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)devour, eat, [idiom] ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).לֶ֭חֶםlechembreadלֶחֶםnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “bread”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3899food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)(shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.רַ֣עrabadרַעadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, construct — “bad”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery…עָ֑יִןayineye , , -sightעַיִןnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “eye , , -sight”, the ordinary formH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him…וְאַלvealand notאַלconjunction, particle, negative — “and not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תתאוttvcovetאָוָהverb, hithpael, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “covet”, a wish or indirect commandH183to wish forcovet, (greatly) desire, be desirous, long, lust (after).תִּ֝תְאָ֗יוtitayvcovetאָוָהverb, hithpael, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “covet”, a wish or indirect commandH183to wish forcovet, (greatly) desire, be desirous, long, lust (after).לְמַטְעַמֹּתָֽיוlematamotayvto daintyמַטְעַםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to dainty”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4303a delicacydainty (meat), savoury meat.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties:

Young’s Literal Translation

Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,

World English Bible

Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies,

Darby Translation

Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties.

Douay-Rheims

Eat not with an envious man, and desire not his meats:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Sup not with an envious man, neither desire thou his meats:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μὴ συνδείπνει ἀνδρὶ βασκάνῳ, μηδὲ ἐπιθύμει τῶν βρωμάτων αὐτοῦ,