8The meats which thou hadst eaten, thou shalt vomit up: and shalt loose thy beautiful words.


In Context

5 Lift not up thy eyes to riches which thou canst not have: because they shall make themselves wings like those of an eagle, and shall fly towards heaven.

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

7 Because like a soothsayer, and diviner, he thinketh that which he knoweth not. Eat and drink, will he say to thee: and his mind is not with thee.

8 The meats which thou hadst eaten, thou shalt vomit up: and shalt loose thy beautiful words.

9 Speak not in the ears of fools: because they will despise the instruction of thy speech.

10 Touch not the bounds of little ones: and enter not into the field of the fatherless:

Proverbs 23:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:8The morsel [which] thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:8You will vomit up the little you have eaten and will have wasted your compliments.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:8The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:8Thy morsel which thou hast eaten must thou vomit up, and thou wilt have wasted thy sweet words.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:8The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:8The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:8The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, and lose your good words.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:8Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up, And hast marred thy words that are sweet.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:8The morsel which you have eaten shall you vomit up, and lose your sweet words.