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Proverbs 23:7

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7for he is like one who is inwardly calculating.3

“Eat and drink!” he says to you,

but his jheart is not with you.

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Footnotes

  1. 3Or for as he calculates in his soul, so is he

Cross references

  1. j[Ps. 12:2]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

for he is the kind of person

who is always thinking about the cost.

“Eat and drink,” he says to you,

but his heart is not with you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

for it’s like someone calculating inwardly.

“Eat and drink,” he says to you,

but his heart is not with you.

NLTNew Living Translation

They are always thinking about how much it costs.

“Eat and drink,” they say, but they don’t mean it.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For, like hair in his throat, so it is.

“Eat and drink!” he will say to you,

but his heart will not be with you.

KJV 1900King James Version

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:

Eat and drink, saith he to thee;

But his heart is not with thee.