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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Proverbs 24:13

My son, eat thou honey, because it is good, - and droppings from the comb because they are sweet to thy palate:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Wisdom;   Young Men;   Thompson Chain Reference - Honey;   The Topic Concordance - Wisdom;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Honey;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Honey;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Honey;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Honey;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Eat honey, my son, for it is good,and the honeycomb is sweet to your palate;
Hebrew Names Version
My son, eat honey, for it is good; The droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste:
King James Version
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
English Standard Version
My son, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
New American Standard Bible
My son, eat honey, for it is good; Yes, the honey from the comb is sweet to your taste;
New Century Version
My child, eat honey because it is good. Honey from the honeycomb tastes sweet.
Amplified Bible
My son, eat honey, because it is good, And the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
World English Bible
My son, eat honey, for it is good; The droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste:
Geneva Bible (1587)
My sonne, eate hony, for it is good, and the hony combe, for it is sweete vnto thy mouth.
Legacy Standard Bible
Eat honey, my son, for it is good,Indeed, the honey from the comb is sweet to your taste;
Berean Standard Bible
Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
Contemporary English Version

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Honey is good for you, my children, and it tastes sweet.
Complete Jewish Bible
My son, eat honey, for it is good; honeycomb drippings are sweet to your taste.
Darby Translation
Eat honey, my son, for it is good; and a honeycomb is sweet to thy taste:
Easy-to-Read Version
My son, eat honey; it is good. Honey straight from the honeycomb is the sweetest.
George Lamsa Translation
My son, eat honey because it is good, and the honeycomb, which is sweet to your taste.
Good News Translation

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My child, eat honey; it is good. And just as honey from the comb is sweet on your tongue,
Lexham English Bible
My child, eat honey, for it is good, and the dripping of the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
Literal Translation
My son, eat honey because it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your palate;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
My sonne, thou eatest hony & ye swete hony cobe, because it is good & swete in thy mouth.
American Standard Version
My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste:
Bible in Basic English
My son, take honey, for it is good; and the flowing honey, which is sweet to your taste:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
My son, eat thou honey, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to thy taste;
King James Version (1611)
My sonne, eate thou honie, because it is good, and the honie combe, which is sweete to thy taste.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
My sonne, eate thou hony because it is good, and the hony combe, for it is sweete vnto thy mouth:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
My son, eat honey, for the honeycomb is good, that thy throat may be sweetened.
English Revised Version
My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Mi sone, ete thou hony, for it is good; and an honycomb ful swete to thi throte.
Update Bible Version
My son, eat honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste:
Webster's Bible Translation
My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honey-comb, [which is] sweet to thy taste:
New English Translation
Eat honey, my child, for it is good, and honey from the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
New King James Version
My son, eat honey because it is good, And the honeycomb which is sweet to your taste;
New Living Translation
My child, eat honey, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to the taste.
New Life Bible
My son, eat honey, for it is good. Yes, the honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.
New Revised Standard
My child, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Eat honey, my son, because it is good, and the honeycomb most sweet to thy throat.
Revised Standard Version
My son, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
Young's Literal Translation
Eat my son, honey that [is] good, And the honeycomb -- sweet to thy palate.
THE MESSAGE
26 Eat honey, dear child—it's good for you— and delicacies that melt in your mouth. Likewise knowledge, and wisdom for your soul— Get that and your future's secured, your hope is on solid rock.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
My son, eat honey, for it is good, Yes, the honey from the comb is sweet to your taste;

Contextual Overview

13 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good, - and droppings from the comb because they are sweet to thy palate: 14 Thus, take knowledge of wisdom, for thine own soul; If thou find it, then there is a future, and, thine expectation, shall not be cut off.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

eat: Proverbs 25:16, Proverbs 25:27, Song of Solomon 5:1, Isaiah 7:15, Matthew 3:4

to thy taste: Heb. upon thy palate

Reciprocal: Leviticus 2:11 - honey Nehemiah 8:12 - because Psalms 19:10 - sweeter Psalms 119:103 - sweet Proverbs 2:10 - General Proverbs 16:24 - an Proverbs 22:18 - it is Song of Solomon 4:11 - honey

Cross-References

Genesis 24:9
So the servant placed his hand, under the thigh of Abraham, his lord, - and sware to him, over this thing.
Genesis 24:10
Then took the servant ten camels, from among the camels of his lord, and went his way, - all the goods of his master being in his hand, - so be mounted, and went his way unto Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
Genesis 24:11
And he made the camels kneel down outside the city, against the well of water, - at the time of evening, at the time of the coming forth of the women that drew water,
Genesis 24:43
here, am I stationed by the fountain of water, - so then it shall come to pass that, the maiden that is coming forth to draw, and I shall say unto her Let me drink. I pray thee a little water out of thy pitcher;
Exodus 2:16
Now, the priest of Midian, had seven daughters, - and they came and drew and filled the troughs, to water their fathers flock.
Judges 5:11
In the place of the noise of bowmen among the wells, there, laud ye - the righteous acts of Yahweh, the righteous acts of his rule over Israel. Then, had come down to the gates the people of Yahweh.
1 Samuel 9:11
They were going up the ascent of the city, when they found young women, coming out to draw water, - so they said unto these, Is, the seer, in this place?
Psalms 37:5
Roll on Yahweh thy way, Trust also in him, and, he, will effectually work:
Proverbs 3:6
In all thy ways, acknowledge him, and, he, will make straight thy paths.
John 4:7
There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus saith unto her - Give me to drink!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good,.... It is good for food; there was plenty of it in Palestine, and it was eaten for food, not only by children, but grown persons; and was very nourishing, strengthening, and refreshing to them, as Samson, Jonathan, John the Baptist, and others; and is good for medicine, is healthful and salutary, and useful in many diseases: it is said m to conduce much to prolong life and preserve from diseases; it has been observed that those who have much used it have lived to a great age;

and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste; because it is so, as all honey is, and especially that which is immediately squeezed or drops from the honeycomb; this is said not so much on account of honey, and the eating of that, as for what follows concerning the knowledge of wisdom, which is comparable to it for pleasure and profit; see

Proverbs 16:24 n.

m Athenaei Deipnosophist. l. 2. c. 7. p. 46, 47. so Pierius Valerian. apud Steeb. Coelum Sephirot Heb. c. 7. s. 5. p. 132. n Vid. Maimon. Moreh Nevochim, par. 1. c. 30. p. 37.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Honey entered largely into the diet of Hebrew children Isaiah 7:15, so that it was as natural an emblem for the purest and simplest wisdom, as the “sincere milk of the word” was to the New Testament writers. The learner hears what seems to be a rule of diet - then Proverbs 24:14 the parable is explained.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 24:13. And the honey-comb — I have often had occasion to remark how much finer the flavour of honey is in the honey-comb than it is after it has been expressed from it, and exposed to the action of the air. But it has been asserted that the honey-comb is never eaten; it must be by those who have no acquaintance with the apiary. I have seen the comb with its contained honey eaten frequently, and of it I have repeatedly partaken. And that our Lord ate it, is evident from Luke 24:42. Nor can any man who has not eaten it in this way feel the full force of the allusions to the honey-comb and its sweetness in several parts of the sacred writings. See 1 Samuel 14:27; Psalms 19:10; Proverbs 5:3; Proverbs 16:24; Proverbs 27:7; Song of Solomon 4:11; Song of Solomon 5:1; and the place before us.


 
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