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Proverbs 27:7

One who is full loathes ehoney,

but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.

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Proverbs 27:7 — The New International Version (NIV)

One who is full loathes honey from the comb,

but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.

Proverbs 27:7 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

The full soul loatheth an honeycomb;

But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Proverbs 27:7 — New Living Translation (NLT)

A person who is full refuses honey,

but even bitter food tastes sweet to the hungry.

Proverbs 27:7 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

A satisfied soul loathes the honeycomb,

But to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Proverbs 27:7 — New Century Version (NCV)

When you are full, not even honey tastes good,

but when you are hungry, even something bitter tastes sweet.

Proverbs 27:7 — American Standard Version (ASV)

The full soul loatheth a honeycomb;

But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Proverbs 27:7 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Proverbs 27:7 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

One who is full despises honey, 

but to one who is hungry, 

even bitter food tastes sweet. 

Proverbs 27:7 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

A person who is full tramples on a honeycomb,

but to a hungry person, any bitter thing is sweet.

Proverbs 27:7 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The sated appetite spurns honey,

but to a ravenous appetite even the bitter is sweet.

Proverbs 27:7 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

An appetite that is sated spurns honey,

but to an appetite that is ravenous, all bitterness is sweet.

Proverbs 27:7 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

When you are full, you even hate honey.

When you are hungry, even what is bitter tastes sweet.

Proverbs 27:7 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

A sated man loathes honey,

But to a famished man any bitter thing is sweet.


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