New English Translation
Proverbs 9:5
5“Come, eat some of my food, and drink some of the wine I have mixed.
Proverbs 9:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
- New International Version (NIV)“Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Come, eat of my bread And drink of the wine I have mixed.
Context of Proverbs 9:5
3She has sent out her female servants; she calls out on the highest places of the city. 4“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” she says to those who lack understanding. “Come, eat some of my food, and drink some of the wine I have mixed. 6Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.” 7Whoever corrects a mocker is asking for insult; whoever reproves a wicked person receives abuse.
Read all of Proverbs 9Proverbs 9:5 word by word
לְ֭כוּ לַחֲמ֣וּ בְֽלַחֲמִ֑י וּ֝שְׁת֗וּ בְּיַ֣יִן מָסָֽכְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 9:5
- Proverbs 9:2She has prepared her meat, she has mixed her wine; she also has arranged her table.
- Psalms 22:26Let the oppressed eat and be filled! Let those who seek his help praise the Lord! May you live forever!
- Isaiah 55:1“Hey, all who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come! Buy and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
- Jeremiah 31:12They will come and shout for joy on Mount Zion. They will be radiant with joy over the good things the Lord provides, the grain, the fresh wine, the olive oil, the young sheep and calves he has given to them. They will be like a well-watered garden and will not grow faint or weary any more.
- Matthew 26:26While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to his disciples, and said, “Take, eat, this is my body.”
- John 6:27Do not work for the food that disappears, but for the food that remains to eternal life – the food which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him.”
Commentaries on Proverbs 9:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Come, eat of my bread - Not only receive my instructions, but act according to my directions. Drink of the wine - I have mingled - Enter into my counsels; be not contented with superficial knowledge on any subject, where any thing deeper may be attained. Go by the streams to the fountain head. Look into the principles on which they were formed; investigate their nature, examine their properties, acquaint thyself with their relations, connections…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5A parallel to the higher teaching of the Gospels (compare John 6:27; Matthew 26:26).Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-6In Proverbs 9:13–18, a competing invitation challenges this offer to join Wisdom for a lavish meal.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-64-6. (Compare Pr 1:4; 6:32). Wisdom not only supplies right but forbids wrong principles.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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