Proverbs 9:5

Proverbs 9:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Come, eat my food, and drink the wine I have mixed.

Context of Proverbs 9:5

3She has sent out her servants, and she calls from the highest point of the city, 4“Let all who are simple come to my house!” To those who have no sense she says, “Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed. 6Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight.” 7Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults; whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.

Proverbs 9:5 word by word

לְ֭כוּ לַחֲמ֣וּ בְֽלַחֲמִ֑י וּ֝שְׁת֗וּ בְּיַ֣יִן מָסָֽכְתִּי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Comeיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• eatלָחַםlâcham · to feed onH3898
• of my breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
• and drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
• of the wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196
• I have mingledמָסַךְmâsak · to mixH4537

Cross-references for Proverbs 9:5

• Proverbs 9:2She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
• Psalms 22:26The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the Lord will praise him— may your hearts live forever!
• Isaiah 55:1“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and 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 the heights of Zion; they will rejoice in the bounty of the Lord— the grain, the new wine and the olive oil, the young of the flocks and herds. They will be like a well-watered garden, and they will sorrow no more.
• Matthew 26:26While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.”
• John 6:27Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”

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