Proverbs 23:6
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Eat you not the bread of him that has an evil eye, neither desire you his dainty meats:
American King James Version (AKJV)
Eat you not the bread of him that has an evil eye, neither desire you his dainty meats:
American Standard Version (ASV)
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties:
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:
Webster's Revision
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties:
World English Bible
Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don't crave his delicacies:
English Revised Version (ERV)
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties:
Clarke's Proverbs 23:6 Bible Commentary
Of him that hath an evil eye - Never eat with a covetous or stingy man; if he entertains you at his own expense, he grudges every morsel you put in your mouth. This is well marked by the wise man in the next verse: "Eat and drink, saith he: but his heart is not with thee."
Barnes's Proverbs 23:6 Bible Commentary
A different danger from that of Proverbs 23:1. The hazard here is the hospitality of the purse-proud rich, avaricious or grudging even in his banquets.
Evil eye - Not with the later associations of a mysterious power for mischief, but simply, as in the margin ref. and in Matthew 20:15.
Wesley's Proverbs 23:6 Bible Commentary
23:6 Evil eye - Of the envious or covetous man.