Proverbs 27:7
Modern Translations
New International Version
One who is full loathes honey from the comb, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.

New Living Translation
A person who is full refuses honey, but even bitter food tastes sweet to the hungry.

English Standard Version
One who is full loathes honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.

Berean Study Bible
The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.

New American Standard Bible
A satisfied person despises honey, But to a hungry person any bitter thing is sweet.

NASB 1995
A sated man loathes honey, But to a famished man any bitter thing is sweet.

NASB 1977
A sated man loathes honey, But to a famished man any bitter thing is sweet.

Amplified Bible
He who is satisfied loathes honey, But to the hungry soul any bitter thing is sweet.

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

Contemporary English Version
If you have had enough to eat, honey doesn't taste good, but if you are really hungry, you will eat anything.

Good News Translation
When you are full, you will refuse honey, but when you are hungry, even bitter food tastes sweet.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
One who is full despises honey, but to one who is hungry, even bitter food tastes 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.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

New King James Version
A satisfied soul loathes the honeycomb, But to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

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

New Heart English Bible
A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.

World English Bible
A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.

American King James Version
The full soul loathes an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

American Standard Version
The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

A Faithful Version
The full soul loathes a honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Darby Bible Translation
The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

English Revised Version
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb: but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Webster's Bible Translation
The full soul lotheth a honey-comb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
The person that is full, despiseth an hony combe: but vnto the hungry soule euery bitter thing is sweete.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
He that is full, abhorreth an honye combe: but vnto hym that is hungrye, euery sowre thing is sweete.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
He that is full, abhorreth an hony combe: but vnto him that is hogrie, euery sower thinge is swete.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
A satiated soul treads down a honeycomb, "" And every bitter thing [is] sweet [to] a hungry soul.

Young's Literal Translation
A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Smith's Literal Translation
The full soul will tread down the honey droppings, and to the hungry soul all bitter is sweet.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb : and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet.

Catholic Public Domain Version
A sated soul will trample the honeycomb. And a hungry soul will accept even bitter in place of sweet.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
The soul that is full treads on honeycombs, and even bitter things are sweet to the hungry soul.

Lamsa Bible
A person who is full loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry person even a bitter thing is sweet.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
A full soul scorns honeycombs; but to a hungry soul even bitter things appear sweet.
















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