Proverbs 23:1 (ESV)

Proverbs 23:7 - for he is like one who is inwardly calculating.[fn]
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.

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Translations for Proverbs 23:7

KJVKJV (read chapter in KJV)

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)

For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
But his heart is not with you.

NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)

They are always thinking about how much it costs.[fn]
“Eat and drink,” they say, but they don’t mean it.

NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)

for he is the kind of person who is always thinking about the cost.[fn] “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)

for he is like one who is inwardly calculating.[fn]
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.

CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

for it’s like someone calculating inwardly.[fn]

“Eat and drink,” he says to you,

but his heart is not with you.

NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)

For as he [fn]thinks^H8176 within himself^H5315, so^H3651 he is.

He says^H559 to you, “Eat^H398 and drink^H8354!”

But his heart^H3820 is not with you.

NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)

For as he [fn]thinks within himself, so he is.
He says to you, “Eat and drink!”
But his heart is not with you.

LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)

For as he [fn]calculates^H8176 in his soul^H5315, so^H3651 he is.

“Eat^H398 and drink^H8354!” he says^H559 to you,

But his heart^H3820 is not with you.

AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)

For as he thinks in his heart, so is he [in behavior—one who manipulates].

He says to you, “Eat and drink,”

Yet his heart is not with you [but it is begrudging the cost].

NETNET (read chapter in NET)

for he is like someone calculating the cost in his mind. "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you;

RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)

for he is like one who is inwardly reckoning. "Eat and drink!" he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

ASVASV (read chapter in ASV)

For as he thinketh within himself, so is he:

Eat and drink, saith he to thee;

But his heart is not with thee.

YLTYLT (read chapter in YLT)

For as he hath thought in his soul, so is he, 'Eat and drink,' saith he to thee, And his heart is not with thee.

DBYDBY (read chapter in DBY)

For as he thinketh in his soul, so is he. Eat and drink! will he say unto thee; but his heart is not with thee.

WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)

For as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, But his heart is not with you.

VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)

quoniam in similitudinem arioli et coniectoris aestimat quod ignorat comede et bibe dicet tibi et mens eius non est tecum

NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)

لأَنَّهُ يُفَكِّرُ دَائِماً فِي الثَّمَنِ. يَقُولُ لَكَ: كُلْ وَاشْرَبْ، إِلّا أَنَّ قَلْبَهُ يَكُنُّ لَكَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ،

WLCWLC (read chapter in WLC)

כִּ֤י כְּמוֹ־שָׁעַ֥ר בְּנַפְשׁ֗וֹ כֶּ֫ן־ה֥וּא אֱכֹ֣ל וּ֭שְׁתֵה יֹ֣אמַר לָ֑ךְ וְ֝לִבּ֗וֹ בַּל־עִמָּֽךְ׃

LXXLXX (read chapter in LXX)

ὃν τρόπον γὰρ εἴ τις καταπίοι τρίχα οὕτως ἐσθίει καὶ πίνει

SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

لأَنَّهُ كَمَا شَعَرَ فِي نَفْسِهِ هكَذَا هُوَ. يَقُولُ لَكَ: «كُلْ وَاشْرَبْ» وَقَلْبُهُ لَيْسَ مَعَكَ.

BESBES (read chapter in BES)

so he eats and drinks as if any one should swallow a hair, and do not bring him in to thyself, nor eat thy morsel with him:

RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)

Porque cual es su pensamiento en su alma, tal es él. Come y bebe, te dirá; mas su corazón no está contigo.

RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)

Porque cual es su pensamiento en su corazón, tal es él. Come y bebe, te dirá; Mas su corazón no está contigo.

BBEBBE (read chapter in BBE)

For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)

因為他心怎樣思量、他為人就是怎樣．他雖對你說、請喫、請喝、他的心卻與你相背。

EMEM (read chapter in EM)

porque cual es su pensamiento en su mente, tal es él: "Come y bebe", te dirá; pero su corazón no está contigo.

KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)

대저 그 마음의 생각이 어떠하면 그 위인도 그러한즉 그가 너더러 먹고 마시라 할지라도 그 마음은 너와 함께하지 아니함이라

LSLS (read chapter in LS)

Car il est comme les pensées de son âme. Mange et bois, te dira-t-il; Mais son coeur n'est point avec toi.

LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)

Denn wie ein Gespenst ist er inwendig; er spricht: Iß und trink! und sein Herz ist doch nicht mit dir.

RSTRST (read chapter in RST)

потому что, каковы мысли в душе его, таков и он; 'ешь и пей', говорит он тебе, а сердце его не с тобою.

SESE (read chapter in SE)

porque cual es su pensamiento en su alma, tal es él. Come y bebe, te dirá; mas su corazón no está contigo.

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(23:7)

Or for as he calculates in his soul, so is he

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