King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
¶ The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Complete Jewish Bible:
A person who is full loathes a honeycomb; but to the hungry, any bitter thing is sweet.
Berean Standard Bible:
The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.
American Standard Version:
The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
The full{H7649} soul{H5315} loatheth{H947} an honeycomb{H5317}; but to the hungry{H7457} soul{H5315} every bitter thing{H4751} is sweet{H4966}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Luke 15:16
- And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
Luke 15:17
- And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
Numbers 11:18
- And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for [it was] well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
Numbers 11:20
- [But] even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which [is] among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?
Numbers 21:5
- And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for [there is] no bread, neither [is there any] water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
Numbers 11:4
- ¶ And the mixt multitude that [was] among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
Numbers 11:9
- And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
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Commentary for Proverbs 27:7
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H7649
There are 10 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שָׂבֵעַ
Transliteration: sâbêaʻ
Pronunciation: saw-bay'-ah
Description: from שָׂבַע; satiated (in a pleasant or disagreeable sense); full (of), satisfied (with). - Strong's Number: H5315
There are 683 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: נֶפֶשׁ
Transliteration: nephesh
Pronunciation: neh'-fesh
Description: from נָפַשׁ; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it. - Strong's Number: H947
There are 12 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: בּוּס
Transliteration: bûwç
Pronunciation: boos
Description: a primitive root; to trample (literally or figuratively); loath, tread (down, under (foot)), be polluted. - Strong's Number: H5317
There are 5 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: נֹפֶת
Transliteration: nôpheth
Pronunciation: no'-feth
Description: from נוּף in the sense of shaking to pieces; a dripping i.e. of honey (from the comb); honeycomb. - Strong's Number: H7457
There are 22 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רָעֵב
Transliteration: râʻêb
Pronunciation: raw-abe'
Description: from רָעֵב; hungry (more or less intensely); hunger bitten, hungry. - Strong's Number: H4751
There are 35 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מַר
Transliteration: mar
Pronunciation: mar
Description: or (feminine) מָרָה; from מָרַר; bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly; [phrase] angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, [idiom] great, heavy. - Strong's Number: H4966
There are 11 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מָתוֹק
Transliteration: mâthôwq
Pronunciation: maw-thoke'
Description: or מָתוּק; from מָתַק; sweet; sweet(-er, -ness).