Proverbs
King James Version (KJV)


“The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.”
King James Version (KJV)
27:5 Open - When it is needful, in which case, though it put a man to some shame yet it doth him good. Better - More desirable and beneficial. Secret love - Which does not shew itself by friendly actions, and particularly by free and faithful reproof.
27:6 Wounds - The sharpest reproofs. Kisses - All the outward profession of friendship.
27:8 Wandereth - That flies from place to place, whereby she is exposed to all the arts of fowlers, and to birds of prey. So - So is he who through vanity or lightness changes his abode, or his calling.
The full soule loatheth an honie combe: but to the hungry soule euery bitter thing is sweete.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
A sated man loathes honey, But to a famished man any bitter thing is sweet.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
- American Standard Version (1901)
The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.
- Basic English Bible
The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
- Darby Bible
A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb : and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb: but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
- English Revised Version
A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
- World English Bible