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Proverbs 23:1

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← Proverbs 22:29	Proverbs 23:1 (KJV)	Proverbs 23:2 →
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean [men].	When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee:	And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given to appetite.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

When thou sittest^H3427 to eat^H3898 with a ruler^H4910, consider^H995 diligently^H995 what is before^H6440 thee:

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Original Hebrew

כִּי־תֵשֵׁב לִלְחֹום אֶת־מֹושֵׁל בִּין תָּבִין אֶת־אֲשֶׁר לְפָנֶיךָ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	if
תֵ֭שֵׁב	Te.shev	H3427	HVqi2ms	you will sit down
לִ/לְח֣וֹם	li/l.Chom	H3898	HR/Vqc	to/ eat
אֶת	'et-	H854	HR	with
מוֹשֵׁ֑ל	mo.Shel	H4910	HVqrmsa	a ruler
בִּ֥ין	bin	H995	HVqa	carefully (consider)
תָּ֝בִ֗ין	ta.Vin	H995	HVqj2ms	you will consider
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	(that) which
לְ/פָנֶֽי/ךָ	le./fa.Nei./kha	H6440	HR/Ncbpc/Sp2ms	(is) (to)/ before/ you

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H995 — בִּין (bîyn, bene): a primitive root; to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand; attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
• H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
• H3898 — לָחַם (lâcham, law-kham'): a primitive root; to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction); devour, eat, [idiom] ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
• H4910 — מָשַׁל (mâshal, maw-shal'): a primitive root; to rule; (have, make to have) dominion, governor, [idiom] indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.
• H6440 — פָּנִים (pânîym, paw-neem'): plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from פָּנָה); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H854 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): probably from אָנָה; properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.; against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

Cross References

Reciprocal references (2): Psalms 141:4, Revelation 18:3

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: FOOD, PHYSICAL-SPIRITUAL, SELF-INDULGENCE-SELF-DENIAL, TEMPERANCE-INTEMPERANCE
• Torrey’s: DIET OF THE JEWS, THE
• Nave’s: ABSTEMIOUSNESS, CITIZENS, GUEST, MANNERS, PRUDENCE, TEMPERANCE

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