Proverbs 23:1
New International Version
When you sit to dine with a ruler, note well what is before you,

New Living Translation
While dining with a ruler, pay attention to what is put before you.

English Standard Version
When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what is before you,

Berean Standard Bible
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,

King James Bible
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:

New King James Version
When you sit down to eat with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you;

New American Standard Bible
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you,

NASB 1995
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you,

NASB 1977
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you;

Legacy Standard Bible
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, Understand well what is before you,

Amplified Bible
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, Consider carefully what is [set] before you;

Christian Standard Bible
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you,

American Standard Version
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
If you sit to dine with a Ruler, perceive what is set before you

Brenton Septuagint Translation
If thou sit to sup at the table of a prince, consider attentively the things set before thee:

Contemporary English Version
When you are invited to eat with a king, use your best manners.

Douay-Rheims Bible
When thou shalt sit to eat with a prince, consider diligently what is set before thy face.

English Revised Version
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently him that is before thee;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When you sit down to eat with a ruler, pay close attention to what is in front of you,

Good News Translation
When you sit down to eat with someone important, keep in mind who he is.

International Standard Version
Whenever you sit down to dine with a ruler, carefully think about what is before you.

JPS Tanakh 1917
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider well him that is before thee;

Literal Standard Version
When you sit to eat with a ruler, | Diligently consider that which [is] before you,

Majority Standard Bible
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,

New American Bible
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, mark well the one who is before you;

NET Bible
When you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you,

New Revised Standard Version
When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what is before you,

New Heart English Bible
When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;

Webster's Bible Translation
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:

World English Bible
When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;

Young's Literal Translation
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Thou considerest diligently that which is before thee,

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Context
True Riches
1When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you, 2and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.…

Cross References
Proverbs 22:29
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.

Proverbs 23:2
and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.


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Proverbs 23
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XXIII.

(1) Consider diligently what is before thee,--Rather, Who is before thee; that thy host is not an equal, but one who, if offended, might do thee deadly harm.

Verses 1-3. - A hexastich closely connected with the last verse of the preceding chapter, as if the warning was addressed to the man of skill whom his talents had made the guest of kings. Verse 1. - When thou sittest to eat with a ruler. This, of course, would be a great honour to a man of lowly birth, or to one of the middle class, to whom the manners of courts and palaces were practically unknown. Consider diligently what is before thee. So the Vulgate, Qua apposita sunt ante faciem tuam; and the Septuagint, Τὰ παρατιθέμενά σοι. Take heed lest the unusual dainties on the table tempt thee to excess, which may lead not only to unseemly behaviour, but also to unruly speech, revealing of secrets, etc. But the latter words may also be tendered, "him that is," or, "who is before thee." And this gives a very appropriate sense. The guest is enjoined to fix his attention, not on the delicate food, but on the host, who is his superior, and able to exalt and to destroy him (compare the cautious maxims in Ecclus. 13:2, 6, 7, 11, etc.).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
When
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

you sit down
תֵ֭שֵׁב (ṯê·šêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

to dine
לִלְח֣וֹם (lil·ḥō·wm)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3898: To feed on, to consume, to battle

with
אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Preposition
Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

a ruler,
מוֹשֵׁ֑ל (mō·wō·šêl)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 4910: To rule, have dominion, reign

consider
בִּ֥ין (bîn)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 995: To separate mentally, understand

carefully
תָּ֝בִ֗ין (tā·ḇîn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 995: To separate mentally, understand

what
אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

is set before you,
לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃ (lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6440: The face


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