Verse 6

Do not eat the bread of him who has an evil eye, nor desire his delicacies:

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Spis ikke brødet fra den onde, og lengt ikke etter hans fristelser.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Spis ikke brødet til den som har et ondt øye, og ønsk ikke hans delikate retter.

• Norsk King James

  Spis ikke brødet til han med et ondsinnet blikk, og leng ikke etter hans delikate retter:

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Spis ikke brød hos en gjerrig, og ha ikke lyst på hans delikatesser.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Spis ikke brødet til en som er gjerrig, og la deg ikke friste av hans delikatesser.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Spis ikke brødet til den som har et ondt øye, og ønsk deg ikke hans delikatesser:

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Spis ikke brødet til den som har et ondt blikk, og begjær heller ikke hans delikatesser.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Spis ikke brødet til den som har et ondt øye, og ønsk deg ikke hans delikatesser:

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Spis ikke det brød en ondskapsfull person gir deg og begjær ikke hans delikatesser.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Do not eat the bread of a stingy person, nor crave his delicacies.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Proverbs.23.6", "source": "אַל־תִּלְחַ֗ם אֶת־לֶ֭חֶם רַ֣ע עָ֑יִן וְאַל־*תתאו **תִּ֝תְאָ֗יו לְמַטְעַמֹּתָֽיו׃", "text": "Not *tilḥam* with *leḥem raʿ ʿāyin* and not *titʾāyw* to *maṭʿammōṯāyw*.", "grammar": { "*tilḥam*": "qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - eat/dine", "*leḥem*": "noun, masculine singular - bread/food", "*raʿ ʿāyin*": "adjective + noun construct - evil of eye/one with evil eye", "*titʾāyw*": "hithpael imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - desire/crave", "*maṭʿammōṯāyw*": "noun, feminine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his delicacies/dainties" }, "variants": { "*tilḥam*": "eat/dine/partake of", "*leḥem raʿ ʿāyin*": "bread of one with evil eye/food of a stingy person/meal of a begrudging host", "*titʾāyw*": "desire/crave/long for", "*maṭʿammōṯāyw*": "his delicacies/tasty foods/delights" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Spis ikke den misunnelige manns brød, og lyst ikke etter hans delikatesser.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Æd ikke Brød hos (En, der haver) et ondt Øie, og hav ikke Lyst til hans velsmagende (Mad).

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Ikke spis brødet til den som har et ondskapsfullt blikk, og ikke ønsk deg hans delikatesser.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Spis ikke maten til en som er gjerrig, og lengt ikke etter hans delikatesser;

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Spis ikke brødet til den misunnelige, og la deg ikke friste av hans delikatesser.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Spis ikke brødet til en som har et ondt øye, og begjær ikke hans delikatesser.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Ikke spis maten til den som har et ondt øye, og ha ingen lyst på hans delikate kjøtt;

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Eate not thou wt ye envyous, and desyre no his meate,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Eate thou not the bread of him that hath an euil eye, neither desire his deintie meates.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Eate thou not the bread of hym that hath an euyll eye: neither desire thou his daintie meate.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, And don't crave his delicacies:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:

• World English Bible (2000)

  Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don't crave his delicacies:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;

Referenced Verses

• Ps 141:4 : 4 Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with those who do iniquity; and let me not eat of their delicacies.
• Deut 15:9 : 9 Beware that there is not a wicked thought in your heart, saying, 'The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,' and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cries to the LORD against you, and it be sin to you.
• Prov 23:3 : 3 Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.
• Dan 1:8-9 : 8 But Daniel resolved in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's delicacies, nor with the wine he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. 9 Now God had brought Daniel into favor and tender love with the chief of the eunuchs. 10 And the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, "I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your food and drink. For why should he see your faces looking worse than the young men who are your age? Then you would endanger my head to the king."
• Prov 22:9 : 9 He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.
• Deut 28:56 : 56 The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
• Matt 20:15 : 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? Is your eye evil, because I am good?
• Mark 7:22 : 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
• Prov 28:22 : 22 He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye and does not consider that poverty shall come upon him.