Proverbs 25:16 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

Honey thou hast found -- eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated [with] it, and hast vomited it.

English ASV

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

English Amplified

Have you found [pleasure sweet like] honey? Eat only as much as is sufficient for you, lest, being filled with it, you vomit it.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Have you found [pleasure sweet like] honey? Eat only as much as is sufficient for you, lest, being filled with it, you vomit it.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

If you find honey, eat only what you need; otherwise, you’ll get sick from it and vomit.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Hast thou found honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be surfeited therewith, and vomit it.

English EASY 2024

When you find honey, never eat more than you need. If you eat too much, you will become very sick.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Honey is good, but don't eat too much of it, or you will be sick.

If you have found honey, eat only enough for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Never eat more honey than you need; too much may make you vomit.

English God's Word - GW 1995

When you find honey, eat only as much as you need. Otherwise, you will have too much and vomit.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

If you find honey, eat only what you need; otherwise, you'll get sick from it and vomit.

English KJV 1611

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

English LSB

Have you found honey? Eat only enough for you, Lest you have more than your fill and vomit it.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Have you found honey? Eat only as much as is sufficient for you, lest you be filled with it and vomit it out.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Have you found honey? Eat only what you need, That you not have it in excess and vomit it.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

If you find honey, eat only what you need, lest you become glutted with it and vomit it up.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

When you find honey, eat only what is sufficient for you, lest you become stuffed with it and vomit it up.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

If you find honey, eat just enough. If you eat too much of it, you will throw up.

English NIV

If you find honey, eat just enough- too much of it, and you will vomit.

English NKJ 1982

Have you found honey? Eat only as much as you need, Lest you be filled with it and vomit.

English NLT

Do you like honey? Don't eat too much of it, or it will make you sick!

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

If you have found honey, eat only enough for you, or else, having too much, you will vomit it.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

When you discover something sweet, don’t overindulge and eat more than you need, for excess in anything can make you sick of even a good thing.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

If you have found honey, eat only enough for you, lest you be sated with it and vomit it.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Do you like honey? Don't eat too much of it, or it will make you sick!

English Tyndale 1537

If thou findest honey, eat so much as is sufficient for thee: lest thou be over full, and perbreak it out again.

Proverbs 25:16 — Compare Translations