| NETBible | for he is 1 like someone calculating the cost 2 in his mind. 3 “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you; |
| NIV © |
for he is the kind of man who is always thinking about the cost. "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you. |
| NASB © |
For as he thinks within himself, so he is. He says to you, "Eat and drink!" But his heart is not with you. |
| NLT © |
"Eat and drink," they say, but they don’t mean it. They are always thinking about how much it costs. |
| MSG © |
He'll be as stingy with you as he is with himself; he'll say, "Eat! Drink!" but won't mean a word of it. |
| 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. |
| NRSV © |
for like a hair in the throat, so are they. "Eat and drink!" they say to you; but they do not mean it. |
| 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. |
| KJV | For as he thinketh <08176> (8804) in his heart <05315>_, so [is] he: Eat <0398> (8798) and drink <08354> (8798)_, saith <0559> (8799) he to thee; but his heart <03820> [is] not with thee. |
| NASB © |
For as he thinks <8176> within himself <5315> , so <3651> he is. He says <559> to you, "Eat <398> and drink <8354> !" But his heart is not with you.<3820> |
| LXXM | on <3739> R-ASM tropon <5158> N-ASM gar <1063> PRT ei <1487> CONJ tiv <5100> I-NSM katapioi <2666> V-AAO-3S trica <2359> N-ASF outwv <3778> ADV esyiei <2068> V-PAI-3S kai <2532> CONJ pinei <4095> V-PAI-3S |
| NET [draft] ITL | for <03588> he is like <03644> someone calculating <08176> the cost in his <01931> mind <05315> . “Eat <0398> and drink <08354> ,” he says <0559> to you, but his heart <03820> is not <01077> with you;<05973> |
| HEBREW | Kme <05973> lb <01077> wblw <03820> Kl <0> rmay <0559> htsw <08354> lka <0398> awh <01931> Nk <03651> wspnb <05315> res <08176> wmk <03644> yk (23:7) <03588> |
| NETBible | for he is 1 like someone calculating the cost 2 in his mind. 3 “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you; |
| NET Notes |
1 tc The line is difficult; it appears to mean that the miser is the kind of person who has calculated the cost of everything in his mind as he offers the food. The LXX has: “Eating and drinking with him is as if one should swallow a hair; do not introduce him to your company nor eat bread with him.” The Hebrew verb “to calculate” (שָׁעַר, sha’ar) with a change of vocalization and of sibilant would yield “hair” (שֵׂעָר, se’ar) – “like a hair in the throat [נֶפֶשׁ, nefesh], so is he.” This would picture an irritating experience. The Instruction of Amenemope uses “blocking the throat” in a similar saying (chapt. 11, 14:7 [ANET 423]). The suggested change is plausible and is followed by NRSV; but the rare verb “to calculate” in the MT would be easier to defend on the basis of the canons of textual criticism because it is the more difficult reading. 2 tn The phrase “the cost” does not appear in the Hebrew but is implied by the verb; it is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity. 3 tn Heb “soul.” |