Proverbs 23:8
ContextNET © | you will vomit up 1 the little bit you have eaten, and will have wasted your pleasant words. 2 |
NIV © | You will vomit up the little you have eaten and will have wasted your compliments. |
NASB © | You will vomit up the morsel you have eaten, And waste your compliments. |
NLT © | You will vomit up the delicious food they serve, and you will have to take back your words of appreciation for their "kindness." |
MSG © | His miserly serving will turn your stomach when you realize the meal's a sham. |
BBE © | The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted. |
NRSV © | You will vomit up the little you have eaten, and you will waste your pleasant words. |
NKJV © | The morsel you have eaten, you will vomit up, And waste your pleasant words. |
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NET © | you will vomit up 1 the little bit you have eaten, and will have wasted your pleasant words. 2 |
NET © Notes |
1 sn Eating and drinking with a selfish miser would be irritating and disgusting. The line is hyperbolic; the whole experience turns the stomach. 2 tn Or “your compliments” (so NASB, NIV); cf. TEV “your flattery.” sn This is the eighth saying; it claims that it would be a mistake to accept hospitality from a stingy person. He is always thinking about the cost, his heart is not in it, and any attempt at pleasant conversation will be lost. |