Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
WEB
If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.
YLT
Honey thou hast found--eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated with it, and hast vomited it.
DBT
Hast thou found honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be surfeited therewith, and vomit it.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.