Proverbs 23:1
Modern Translations
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 Study Bible
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set 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;

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,

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

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

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

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

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

King James 2000 Bible
When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you:

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

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

American King James Version
When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you:

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

A Faithful Version
When you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you;

Darby Bible Translation
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well who is before thee;

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

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

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
When thou sittest to eate with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee,

Bishops' Bible of 1568
When thou sittest to eate with a noble man, consider diligently what is set before thee.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
When thou syttest at the table to eate wt a lorde, ordre thy self manerly wt ye thinges
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
When you sit to eat with a ruler, "" Diligently consider that which [is] before you,

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

Smith's Literal Translation
If thou shalt sit to eat with a ruler, understanding, thou shalt understand what is before thee.

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

Catholic Public Domain Version
When you sit down to eat with a leader, pay close attention to what has been set before your face,

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
If you sit to dine with a Ruler, perceive what is set before you

Lamsa Bible
WHEN you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is set before you,

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

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
















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