The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
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Gill's Exposition
As a bird that wandereth from her nest,.... To seek for food for herself and her young; or that leaves it without returning to it, and so her eggs or her young are exposed, and she herself liable to…
Barnes' Notes
The special instance covers the general law, that indulgence in pleasure of any kind brings on satiety and weariness, but self-restraint multiplies the sources of enjoyment.
Matthew Henry
Solomon here, as often in this book, shows that the poor have in some respects the advantage of the rich; for, 1. They have a better relish of their enjoyments than the rich have. Hunger is the best…
Cambridge Bible
loatheth Lit. treads under foot; calcabit, Vulg. The second clause of the verse has been compared with Horace's
"Jejunus stomachus raro vulgaria temnit."
Sat. ii. 2. 38.
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