Proverbs 27:7
Strong's Lexicon
The soul
נֶ֣פֶשׁ (ne·p̄eš)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5315: 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man 1b) living being 1c) living being (with life in the blood) 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual 1e) seat of the appetites 1f) seat of emotions and passions 1g) activity of mind 1g1) dubious 1h) activity of the will 1h1) dubious 1i) activity of the character 1i1) dubious

that is full
שְׂ֭בֵעָה (ḇê·‘āh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7649: 1) sated, satisfied, surfeited 1a) sated, abounding, satisfied 1b) surfeited (bad sense)

loathes
תָּב֣וּס (tā·ḇūs)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 947: 1) to tread down, reject, trample down 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to tread down, trample (of warriors) 1a2) of rejection (fig.) 1b) (Polel) 1b1) to tread down (in bad sense) 1b2) to desecrate 1c) (Hithpolel) 1c1) to tread 1c2) to kick out 1c2a) of infants' blind movements 1c2b) of Jerusalem (fig.) 1d) (Hophal) to be trodden down

honey,
נֹ֑פֶת (nō·p̄eṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5317: 1) flowing honey, honey from the comb, a dropping down, honey, honeycomb

but to a hungry
רְ֝עֵבָ֗ה (rə·‘ê·ḇāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7457: 1) hungry 1a) hungry 1b) hungry man (subst) 1c) of failing strength (fig)

soul,
וְנֶ֥פֶשׁ (wə·ne·p̄eš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5315: 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man 1b) living being 1c) living being (with life in the blood) 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual 1e) seat of the appetites 1f) seat of emotions and passions 1g) activity of mind 1g1) dubious 1h) activity of the will 1h1) dubious 1i) activity of the character 1i1) dubious

any
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything

bitter thing
מַ֥ר (mar)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4751: adj 1) bitter, bitterness 1a) of water or food 1b) of harlot's end, end of wickedness, cry (fig.) 1c) of pain (subst) adv 2) bitterly

is sweet.
מָתֽוֹק׃ (mā·ṯō·wq)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4966: adj 1) sweet n m 2) sweetness, pleasant (thing)

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

Young's Literal Translation
A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And [to] a 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.

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.
Parallel Verses
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.

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.

American Standard Version
The full soul loatheth 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.

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
















Cross References
Numbers 21:5
And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.

Proverbs 24:13
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:

Proverbs 27:6
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

Proverbs 27:8
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 27:5
Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Proverbs 27:4
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

Proverbs 27:9
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

Proverbs 27:10
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
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