Proverbs 27:7
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
A satedבֵעָה
(ve·'ah)
7649: sated, satisfied, surfeitedfrom saba
manנֶ֣פֶשׁ
(ne·fesh)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word
loathesתָּב֣וּס
(ta·vus)
947: to tread down, tramplea prim. root
honey,נֹ֑פֶת
(no·fet;)
5317: flowing honey, honey from the combof uncertain derivation
But to a famishedרְ֝עֵבָ֗ה
(re·'e·vah)
7457: hungryfrom raeb
manוְנֶ֥פֶשׁ
(ve·ne·fesh)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word
anyכָּל־
(kol-)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
bitter thingמַ֥ר
(mar)
4751: bitter, bitternessfrom marar
is sweet.מָתֹֽוק׃
(ma·to·vk.)
4966: sweet, sweetnessfrom mathoq


















KJV Lexicon
The full
sabea`  (saw-bay'-ah)
satiated (in a pleasant or disagreeable sense) -- full (of), satisfied (with).
soul
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
loatheth
buwc  (boos)
to trample -- loath, tread (down, under (foot), be polluted.
an honeycomb
nopheth  (no'-feth)
a dripping i.e. of honey (from the comb) -- honeycomb.
but to the hungry
ra`eb  (raw-abe')
hungry (more or less intensely) -- hunger bitten, hungry.
soul
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
every bitter thing
mar  (mar)
bitter; also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly -- + angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, great, heavy.
is sweet
mathowq  (maw-thoke')
sweet -- sweet(-er, -ness).
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
A sated man loathes honey, But to a famished man any bitter thing is sweet.

King James Bible
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A person who is full tramples on a honeycomb, but to a hungry person, any bitter thing is sweet.

International Standard Version
The person who is full spurns honey, but to a hungry person even the bitter seems sweet.

NET Bible
The one whose appetite is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry mouth every bitter thing is sweet.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The soul that is full treads on honeycombs, and even bitter things are sweet to the hungry soul.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
One who is full despises honey, but to one who is hungry, even bitter food tastes sweet.

King James 2000 Bible
The full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
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