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Proverbs 23:2

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

KJV

Et statue cultrum in gutture tuo : si tamen habes in potestate animam tuam.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐπίβαλλε τὴν χεῖρά σου, εἰδὼς ὅτι τοιαῦτά σε δεῖ παρασκευάσαι. εἰ δὲ ἀπληστότερος εἶ,

LXX

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

ASV

וְ/שַׂמְתָּ֣ שַׂכִּ֣ין בְּ/לֹעֶ֑/ךָ אִם בַּ֖עַל נֶ֣פֶשׁ אָֽתָּה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
ו
v
noun · 83×
י
y
noun · 752×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
ךָ
k
pronoun · 1×
שַׂכִּ֣ין
shkyn
noun · 1×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 9:27 — But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
  • Gen 27:14 — And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
  • Matt 18:8 — Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into
  • Phil 3:19 — Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)