Proverbs 23:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.”

Proverbs 23:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Proverbs 23:8 in 6 Bible Translations

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Proverbs 23:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.”

Proverbs 23:8 — World English Bible

Proverbs 23:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words. ”

Proverbs 23:8 — American Standard Version

Proverbs 23:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up, And hast marred thy words that <FI>are<Fi> sweet.”

Proverbs 23:8 — Young's Literal Translation

Proverbs 23:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Thy morsel which thou hast eaten must thou vomit up, and thou wilt have wasted thy sweet words. ”

Proverbs 23:8 — Darby Translation

Proverbs 23:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Thou shalt vomit thy morsels that thou hast eaten, and thou shalt lose thy sweete wordes.”

Proverbs 23:8 — Geneva Bible

Proverbs 23:8 in Context — Proverbs 23

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

7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

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What Does Proverbs 23:8 Mean?

Proverbs 23:8 is a verse from the Book of Proverbs, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Proverbs chapter 23. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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