Proverbs 23:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

And put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשַׂמְתָּ֣ שַׂכִּ֣ין בְּלֹעֶ֑ךָ אִם־בַּ֖עַל נֶ֣פֶשׁ אָֽתָּה׃

Transliteration

And śamtā śakkîn in lōʿeḵā if baʿal nep̄eš you are.

Grammar Details

• *śamtā*: qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you have put/placed
• *śakkîn*: noun, feminine singular - knife
• *lōʿeḵā*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your throat/gullet
• *baʿal nep̄eš*: construct phrase - master/owner of appetite/desire

Word Meanings

• *śamtā śakkîn*: place a knife/put a knife
• *lōʿeḵā*: your throat/your gullet
• *baʿal nep̄eš*: one with a strong appetite/a person with desires/one who is gluttonous

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Place a knife to your throat if you are a person given to appetite.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And put{H7760} a knife{H7915} to thy throat,{H3930} If thou be a man given{H1167} to appetite.{H5315}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And put{H7760}{(H8804)} a knife{H7915} to thy throat{H3930}, if thou be a man given{H1167} to appetite{H5315}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  that are set before ye Measure thine appetite:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And put the knife to thy throte, if thou be a man giuen to the appetite.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Measure thyne appetite if it be gredyly set.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given to appetite.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Put a knife to your throat, If you are a man given to appetite.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou `art' a man of appetite.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.

• World English Bible (2000)

  put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite.

Referenced Verses

• Matt 18:8-9 : 8 Therefore if your hand or your foot offends you, cut them off and cast them from you: it is better for you to enter into life crippled or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. 9 And if your eye offends you, pluck it out and cast it from you: it is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
• 1 Cor 9:27 : 27 But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest when I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.
• Phil 3:19 : 19 Whose end is destruction, whose god is their stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their mind on earthly things.