Proverbs 23 · Verse 2

Proverbs 23:2

And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

Proverbs 23:2, King James Version

Proverbs 23:2 in other translations

BSB	and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.
WEB	put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.
ASV	And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.
YLT	And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou art a man of appetite.
DARBY	and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
BBE	And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.
Webster	And put a knife to thy throat, if thou art a man given to appetite.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

2. put a knife--an Eastern figure for putting restraint on the appetite.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 2 Put a knife to thy throat - Repress thy appetite, and do not be incontinent of speech. Eat, drink, and converse, under a check.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

God's restraints of the appetite only say, Do thyself no harm.

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְשַׂמְתָּ֣ve.sam.Taand you will putH7760

שַׂכִּ֣יןsa.Kina knifeH7915

בְּלֹעֶ֑ךָbe.lo.'E.khain throat yourH3930

אִם\־'im-ifH518

בַּ֖עַלBa.'al[are] a master ofH1167

נֶ֣פֶשׁNe.feshappetiteH5315

אָֽתָּה\׃'A.tahyouH859

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Philippians 3:19
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
Matthew 18:8-9
Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
1 Corinthians 9:27
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Proverbs 23:1
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
Proverbs 23:2
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Proverbs 23:3
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y pon cuchillo á tu garganta, si tienes gran apetito.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	et mets un couteau à ta gorge, si tu es gourmand.
German Elberfelder 1871	und setze ein Messer an deine Kehle, wenn du gierig bist.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Et statue cultrum in gutture tuo: si tamen habes in potestate animam tuam.