Proverbs 23:8

you will vomit up ¹  the little bit you have eaten, and will have wasted your pleasant words. ² 

biblegateway Pro 23:8

You will vomit up the little you have eaten and will have wasted your compliments.

biblegateway Pro 23:8

You will vomit up the morsel you have eaten, And waste your compliments.

biblegateway Pro 23:8

You will vomit up the delicious food they serve, and you will have to take back your words of appreciation for their "kindness."

biblegateway Pro 23:8

His miserly serving will turn your stomach when you realize the meal's a sham.

SABDAweb Pro 23:8

The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.

bibleoremus Pro 23:8

You will vomit up the little you have eaten, and you will waste your pleasant words.

biblegateway Pro 23:8

The morsel you have eaten, you will vomit up, And waste your pleasant words.

biblegateway Pro 23:8

you will vomit up ¹  the little bit you have eaten, and will have wasted your pleasant words. ² 

¹ sn Eating and drinking with a selfish miser would be irritating and disgusting. The line is hyperbolic; the whole experience turns the stomach.

² tn Or “your compliments” (so NASB, NIV); cf. TEV “your flattery.”

² sn This is the eighth saying; it claims that it would be a mistake to accept hospitality from a stingy person. He is always thinking about the cost, his heart is not in it, and any attempt at pleasant conversation will be lost.