Proverbs 23:1-8 Parallel Bible Translations

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	CSB Christian Standard Bible	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you,	When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what is before you,	When you sit to dine with a ruler, note well what is before you,
2	and put a knife to your throat if you have a big appetite;	and put a knife to your throat if you are given to appetite.	and put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony.
3	don’t desire his choice food, for that food is deceptive.	Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.	Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
4	Don’t wear yourself out to get rich; because you know better, stop!	Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist.	Do not wear yourself out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness.
5	As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.	When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.	Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.
6	Don’t eat a stingy person’s bread, and don’t desire his choice food,	Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy; do not desire his delicacies,	Do not eat the food of a begrudging host, do not crave his delicacies;
7	for it’s like someone calculating inwardly. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.	for he is like one who is inwardly calculating. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.	for he is the kind of person who is always thinking about the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
8	You will vomit the little you’ve eaten and waste your pleasant words.	You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten, and waste your pleasant words.	You will vomit up the little you have eaten and will have wasted your compliments.
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