Proverbs 23:8
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
You will vomit 
 
7006a: to vomit up, spew outa prim. root
up the morselפִּֽתְּךָ־
(pit·te·cha-)
6595: fragment, bit, morselfrom pathath
you have eaten,אָכַ֥לְתָּ
(a·chal·ta)
398: to eata prim. root
And wasteוְ֝שִׁחַ֗תָּ
(ve·shi·chat·ta)
7843: perhaps to go to ruina prim. root
your compliments.דְּבָרֶ֥יךָ
(de·va·rei·cha)
1697: speech, wordfrom dabar


















KJV Lexicon
The morsel
path  (path)
a bit -- meat, morsel, piece.
which thou hast eaten
'akal  (aw-kal')
to eat -- at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, freely, in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, quite.
shalt thou vomit up
qow'  (ko)
to vomit -- spue (out), vomit (out, up, up again).
and lose
shachath  (shaw-khath')
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin -- batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, utterly, waste(-r).
thy sweet
na`iym  (naw-eem')
delightful (objective or subjective, literal or figurative) -- pleasant(-ure), sweet.
words
dabar  (daw-baw')
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
You will vomit up the morsel you have eaten, And waste your compliments.

King James Bible
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You will vomit the little you've eaten and waste your pleasant words.

International Standard Version
You'll vomit up what little you've eaten, and your compliments will have been wasted.

NET Bible
you will vomit up the little bit you have eaten, and will have wasted your pleasant words.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the bread that you eat, you vomit, and you spoil your sweet words.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You will vomit the little bit you have eaten and spoil your pleasant conversation.

King James 2000 Bible
The morsel which you have eaten shall you vomit up, and waste your sweet words.
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