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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ושמת שכין בלעך-- אם-בעל נפש אתה
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vSHmt SHkyn bl`k-- Am-b`l npSH Ath

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
et statue cultrum in gutture tuo si tamen habes in potestate animam tuam

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And put a knife to your throat, if you be a man given to appetite.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Authorized (King James) Version   
and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
New King James Version   
And put a knife to your throat If you are a man given to appetite.
21st Century King James Version   
and put a knife to thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Lest you put a dagger to your mouth, if you are a man that breathes.
Darby Bible Translation   
and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And put a knife to thy throat, if it be so that thou have thy soul in thy own power.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
and put a knife to your throat if you are given to appetite.
God's Word   
and put a knife to your throat if you have a big appetite.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
and put a knife to your throat if you have a big appetite;
International Standard Version   
Put a knife to your own throat, if you have a big appetite.
NET Bible   
and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite.
New American Standard Bible   
And put a knife to your throat If you are a man of great appetite.
New International Version   
and put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony.
New Living Translation   
If you are a big eater, put a knife to your throat;
Webster's Bible Translation   
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou art a man given to appetite.
The World English Bible   
put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Even if you enjoy your food, do not eat too much of it.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou [art] a man of appetite.
New Life Version   
Put a knife to your neck if you are a man who is given to much eating.
The Voice Bible   
If you are the type who eats too much too fast, do whatever is necessary to curb your enthusiasm for food.
Living Bible   
When dining with a rich man, be on your guard and don’t stuff yourself, though it all tastes so good; for he is trying to bribe you, and no good is going to come of his invitation.
New Catholic Bible   
Control yourself if you are given to overindulgence.
Legacy Standard Bible   
So you should put a knife to your throat If you are a man of appetite.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
and put a knife to thy throat if thou art a man given to appetite.
Christian Standard Bible   
and put a knife to your throat if you have a big appetite;
Amplified Bible © 1954   
For you will put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to desire.
New Century Version   
Control yourself if you have a big appetite.
The Message   
When you go out to dinner with an influential person, mind your manners: Don’t gobble your food, don’t talk with your mouth full. And don’t stuff yourself; bridle your appetite.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
and put a knife to your throat if you have a big appetite.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
and put a knife to your throat if you have a big appetite.
Good News Translation®   
If you have a big appetite, restrain yourself.
Wycliffe Bible   
and set thou a coulter in thy throat. If nevertheless thou hast power on thy soul, (and set thou a knife at thy own throat, if thou hast not power over thy self.)
Contemporary English Version   
Don't go and stuff yourself! That would be just the same as cutting your throat.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
and put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
and put a knife to your throat if you have a big appetite.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
and put a knife to your throat if you have a big appetite.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Place a knife at your throat to control your appetite.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
For you will put a knife to your throat If you are a man of great appetite.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
and put a knife to your throat if you are given to appetite.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Stick the knife in your gullet if you have a ravenous appetite.
New American Standard Bible   
And put a knife to your throat If you are a person of great appetite.
The Expanded Bible   
·Control yourself [L Place a knife at your throat] ·if you have a big [or to control your] appetite.
Tree of Life Version   
and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite.
Revised Standard Version   
and put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.
New International Reader's Version   
Put a knife to your throat if you like to eat too much.
BRG Bible   
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Complete Jewish Bible   
If you have a big appetite, put a knife to your throat!
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
and put a knife to your throat if you have a big appetite.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And put a sakin (knife) to thy throat, if thou be a ba’al nefesh (man given to gluttony).
Names of God Bible   
and put a knife to your throat if you have a big appetite.
Modern English Version   
and put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Never eat too much, even if you are very hungry.
International Children’s Bible   
Control yourself if you have a big appetite.
Lexham English Bible   
and you shall put a knife to your throat if you have a big appetite.
New International Version - UK   
and put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony.