Proverbs 23:2
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And put a knife to your throat, if you be a man given to appetite.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And put a knife to your throat, if you be a man given to appetite.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.
Webster's Revision
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou art a man given to appetite.
World English Bible
put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Clarke's Proverbs 23:2 Bible Commentary
Put a knife to thy throat - Repress thy appetite, and do not be incontinent of speech. Eat, drink, and converse, under a check.
Barnes's Proverbs 23:2 Bible Commentary
i. e., "Restrain thy appetite, eat as if the knife were at thy throat." Others render the words "thou wilt put a knife to thy throat" etc., i. e., "indulgence at such a time may endanger thy very life."
Wesley's Proverbs 23:2 Bible Commentary
23:2 Put a knife - Restrain thine appetite, as if a man stood with a knife at thy throat.