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.)