3Don't be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.


In Context

1 When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;

2 put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.

3 Don't be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.

4 Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

5 Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

Proverbs 23:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:3Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful meat.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:3Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:3Be not desirous of his meats, in which is the bread of deceit.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:3Be not desirous of his dainties; Seeing they are deceitful food.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:3Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:3Be not desirous of his dainties; seeing they are deceitful meat.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:3Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful food.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:3Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it is lying food.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:3Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.