“Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!
Parallel translations
- KJV Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
- BSB “Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.
- NKJV “Come,eat of my bread And drink of the wine I have mixed.
- NASB “Come, eat of my food And drink of the wine I have mixed.
- NLT “Come, eat my food, and drink the wine I have mixed.
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Quick answer
Wisdom urges the simple to come, eat her bread, and drink her mixed wine. She offers nourishment that gives true life.
Overview
The invitation to eat and drink pictures receiving wisdom's instruction as life-giving food. To partake is to take wisdom into oneself and be sustained by it. This imagery points forward to Christ, the bread of life and the true vine, who invites the hungry and thirsty to come to him and be satisfied (John 6:35; 7:37).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- John 6:27Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”
- Song 5:1I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.
- Prov 9:17“Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant.”
- Jer 31:12–14They shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow to the goodness of Yahweh, to the grain, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
- Matt 26:26–28As they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks for it, and broke it. He gave to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”
- Ps 22:29All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who can’t keep his soul alive.
- Isa 55:1–3“Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
- Prov 9:2She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.
- John 6:49–58Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
- Ps 22:26The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise Yahweh who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.
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