Proverbs 23:7
World English Bible (WEB)
for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
In context
5 Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
6 Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies,
7 for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
8 You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
9 Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Proverbs 23:7 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
- KJV King James Version
- For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
- ASV American Standard Version
- For as he thinketh within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 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.
- DBY Darby Translation
- 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.
- WBS Webster Bible
- For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.