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Proverbs 23:1-5 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | Whenever you sit down to dine with a ruler, carefully think about 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 | Put a knife to your own 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 crave his delicacies, because the meal 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 exhaust yourself acquiring wealth; be smart enough to 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 | When you fix your gaze on it, it's gone, for it sprouts wings for itself and flies to the sky like an eagle. | 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. | |
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