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Proverbs 25:16

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

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דְּבַ֣שׁdevashhoneyדְּבַשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “honey”, the ordinary formH1706honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syruphoney(-comb).מָ֭צָאתָmatsatacomeמָצָאverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “come”, a completed actionH4672properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present[phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with)…אֱכֹ֣לekholeatאָכַלverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “eat”, a commandH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.דַּיֶּ֑ךָּdayekaenoughדַּיnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “enough”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1767enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrasesable, according to, after (ability), among, as (oft as), (more than) enough, from, in, since, (much as is) sufficient(-ly), too much, very, when.פֶּןpenthat...notפֵּןconjunction — “that...not”H6435properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest(lest) (peradventure), that...not.תִּ֝שְׂבָּעֶ֗נּוּtisbaenvfillשָׂבַעverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “fill”, an unfinished actionH7646to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.וַהֲקֵֽאתֽוֹvahaqetvoand vomitקוֹאconjunction, verb, hiphil, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and vomit”, a completed actionH6958to vomitspue (out), vomit (out, up, up again).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

Young’s Literal Translation

Honey thou hast found — eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated [with] it, and hast vomited it.

World English Bible

Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.

Darby Translation

Hast thou found honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be surfeited therewith, and vomit it.

Douay-Rheims

Thou hast found honey, eat what is sufficient for thee, lest being glutted therewith thou vomit it up.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Having found honey, eat only what is enough, lest haply thou be filled, and vomit it up.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μέλι εὑρὼν φάγε τὸ ἱκανὸν, μή ποτε πλησθεὶς ἐξεμέσῃς.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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