Proverbs 25:16
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25:16When you find32 honey, eat only what is sufficient for you,
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- 32 The verse simply begins “you have found honey.” Some turn this into an interrogative clause for the condition laid down (cf. , , , ); most make the form in some way subordinate to the following instruction: “when you find … eat.”
- 33 The verb means “to be satisfied; to be sated; to be filled.” Here it means more than satisfied, since it describes one who overindulges and becomes sick. The English verb “stuffed” conveys this idea well.
- 34 The proverb warns that anything overindulged in can become sickening. The verse uses formal parallelism to express first the condition and then its consequences. It teaches that moderation is wise in the pleasures of life.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
If you have found honey, eat only enough for you,
lest you have your fill of it and vomit it.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
If you find honey, eat just enough—
too much of it, and you will vomit.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
If you find honey, eat only what you need;
otherwise, you’ll get sick from it and vomit.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Do you like honey?
Don’t eat too much, or it will make you sick!
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
If you find honey, eat what is sufficient for you,
lest you have your fill of it and vomit it out.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee,
Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
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