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
Read Proverbs 23:8 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
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:
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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