For riches certainly make themselves wings;
They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.
“Eat and drink!” ahe says to you,
But his heart is not with you.
| << Proverbs 23:5 | Proverbs 23:7 >> |
American Standard Version
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties:
Amplified® Bible
Eat not the bread of him who has a hard, grudging, {and} envious eye, neither desire his dainty foods;
Contemporary English Version
Don't accept an invitation to eat a selfish person's food, no matter how good it is.
Darby English Version
Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties.
Good News Bible
Don't eat at the table of a stingy person or be greedy for the fine food he serves.
King James Version
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
New American Standard Bible
Do not eat the bread of a selfish man, Or desire his delicacies;
New International Version
Do not eat the food of a stingy man,
do not crave his delicacies;
New King James Version
Do not eat the bread of a miser,
Nor desire his delicacies;
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Do not eat the bread of a selfish man, Or desire his delicacies;
Revised Standard Version
Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy; do not desire his delicacies;
Young's Literal Translation
Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,
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