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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
אל-תתאו למטעמותיו והוא לחם כזבים
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
Al-ttAv lmt`mvtyv vhvA lKHm kzbym

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
ne desideres de cibis eius in quo est panis mendacii

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Be not desirous of his delicacies: for they are deceitful food.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
New King James Version   
Do not desire his delicacies, For they are deceptive food.
21st Century King James Version   
Be not desirous of his dainties, for they are deceitful meat.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Be not desirous of his dainties; Seeing they are deceitful food.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
And do not lust for his food because his bread is the bread of lies.
Darby Bible Translation   
Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Be not desirous of his meats, in which is the bread of deceit.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Be not desirous of his dainties; seeing they are deceitful meat.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.
God's Word   
Do not crave his delicacies, because this is food that deceives you.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
don't desire his choice food, for that food is deceptive.
International Standard Version   
Don't crave his delicacies, because the meal is deceptive.
NET Bible   
Do not crave that ruler's delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
New American Standard Bible   
Do not desire his delicacies, For it is deceptive food.
New International Version   
Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
New Living Translation   
don't desire all the delicacies, for he might be trying to trick you.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful food.
The World English Bible   
Don't be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Do not want his special food for yourself. He may be trying to deceive you.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it [is] lying food.
New Life Version   
Do not desire his special foods, for they are put there for no good reason.
The Voice Bible   
Also, do not eye the ruler’s delicacies, for the food may not be what it seems.
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   
Do not yearn for the ruler’s delicacies, for they are deceptive food.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Do not desire his delicacies, For it is bread of falsehood.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Do not be desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food.
Christian Standard Bible   
don’t desire his choice food, for that food is deceptive.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Be not desirous of his dainties, for it is deceitful food [offered with questionable motives].
New Century Version   
Don’t be greedy for his fine foods, because that food might be a trick.
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 ™   
Do not crave his delicious food. That food is deceptive.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Do not desire the ruler’s delicacies, for they are deceptive food.
Good News Translation®   
Don't be greedy for the fine food he serves; he may be trying to trick you.
Wycliffe Bible   
desire thou not of his meats, in whom is the bread of lying. (Do not thou desire any of his food, for he is not what he seemeth to be/for this is not what it seemeth to be.)
Contemporary English Version   
Don't be greedy for all of that fancy food! It may not be so tasty.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Do not desire an official’s delicacies, for they are deceptive food.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Do not desire the ruler’s delicacies, for they are deceptive food.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Don’t long for the ruler’s delicacies; the food misleads.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Do not desire his delicacies, For it is deceptive food [offered to you with questionable motives].
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Do not desire his delicacies; it is food that deceives.
New American Standard Bible   
Do not desire his delicacies, For it is deceptive food.
The Expanded Bible   
Don’t ·be greedy [long] for his fine foods, because that food might be ·a trick [false; deceptive].
Tree of Life Version   
Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
Revised Standard Version   
Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.
New International Reader's Version   
Don’t long for his fancy food. It can fool you.
BRG Bible   
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Don’t be greedy for his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Do not desire the ruler’s delicacies, for they are deceptive food.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Be not desirous of his delicacies, for they are lechem kezavim (deceitful food).
Names of God Bible   
Do not crave his delicacies, because this is food that deceives you.
Modern English Version   
Be not desirous of his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Don’t eat too much of his fine food. It might be a trick.
International Children’s Bible   
Don’t be greedy for his fine foods. He might use that rich food to trick you.
Lexham English Bible   
Do not desire his delicacies, for it is food of deception.
New International Version - UK   
Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.