Proverbs 23:2
Strong's Lexicon
and put
וְשַׂמְתָּ֣ (wə·śam·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7760: 1) to put, place, set, appoint, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to put, set, lay, put or lay upon, lay (violent) hands on 1a2) to set, direct, direct toward 1a2a) to extend (compassion) (fig) 1a3) to set, ordain, establish, found, appoint, constitute, make, determine, fix 1a4) to set, station, put, set in place, plant, fix 1a5) to make, make for, transform into, constitute, fashion, work, bring to pass, appoint, give 1b) (Hiphil) to set or make for a sign 1c) (Hophal) to be set

a knife
שַׂכִּ֣ין (śak·kîn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7915: 1) knife

to your throat
בְּלֹעֶ֑ךָ (bə·lō·‘e·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3930: 1) throat

if
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: 1) if 1a) conditional clauses 1a1) of possible situations 1a2) of impossible situations 1b) oath contexts 1b1) no, not 1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or 1d) when, whenever 1e) since 1f) interrogative particle 1g) but rather

you
אָֽתָּה׃ (’āt·tāh)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 859: 1) you (second pers. sing. masc.)

possess
בַּ֖עַל (ba·‘al)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1167: 1) owner, husband, lord 1a) owner 1b) a husband 1c) citizens, inhabitants 1d) rulers, lords 1e) (noun of relationship used to characterise-ie, master of dreams) 1f) lord (used of foreign gods)

a [great] appetite.
נֶ֣פֶשׁ (ne·p̄eš)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5315: 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man 1b) living being 1c) living being (with life in the blood) 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual 1e) seat of the appetites 1f) seat of emotions and passions 1g) activity of mind 1g1) dubious 1h) activity of the will 1h1) dubious 1i) activity of the character 1i1) dubious

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.

Young's Literal Translation
And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou [art] a man of appetite.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and put a knife to your throat if you have a big appetite ;

New American Standard Bible
And put a knife to your throat If you are a man of [great] appetite.

King James Bible
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given to appetite.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
and put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony.

New Living Translation
If you are a big eater, put a knife to your throat;

English Standard Version
and put a knife to your throat if you are given to appetite.

New American Standard Bible
And put a knife to your throat If you are a man of great appetite.

King James Bible
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and put a knife to your throat if you have a big appetite;

International Standard Version
Put a knife to your own throat, if you have a big appetite.

NET Bible
and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite.

American Standard Version
And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.

English Revised Version
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

Young's Literal Translation
And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou art a man of appetite.
















Cross References
Proverbs 23:1
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:

Proverbs 23:20
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 22:29
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

Proverbs 22:28
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

Proverbs 23:3
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

Proverbs 23:4
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

Proverbs 23:5
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
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