Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
New American Standard Bible
And drink the wine of violence.
King James Version
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Holman Bible
and drink the wine of violence.
International Standard Version
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and they drink the wine of violence.
A Conservative Version
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
American Standard Version
For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.
Amplified
For they eat the bread of wickedness
And drink the wine of violence.
Bible in Basic English
The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.
Darby Translation
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Julia Smith Translation
For they ate the bread of injustice, and they will drink the wine of violences:
King James 2000
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For they ate the bread of wickedness, and they drank the wine of violence.
Modern King James verseion
For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of robbery.
NET Bible
For they eat bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence.
The Emphasized Bible
For they consume bread gotten by lawlessness, and, wine obtained by violence, they drink.
Webster
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
World English Bible
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Youngs Literal Translation
For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.
Themes
Bread » Illustrative » (of wickedness,) of oppression
Corruption » In politics in the church » The prevalence of violence
The Nation » Appointed by God corrupt » The prevalence of violence
Wine » Intoxication from the use of
Wine » Illustrative » Of violence and rapine
The world » Conformity to forbidden creation of » Filled with violence
Interlinear
Lacham
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 4:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Right Path
16 For they do not sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall. 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. 18 But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.
Cross References
Job 24:5-6
Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness yields them bread for their children.
Psalm 14:4
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call on the LORD?
Proverbs 9:17
"Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant."
Proverbs 20:17
Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
Jeremiah 5:26-28
For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.
Ezekiel 22:25-29
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in its midst, like a roaring lion ravening the prey: they have devoured souls; they take treasure and precious things; they have made her widows many in its midst.
Amos 8:4-6
Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
Micah 3:5
Thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who lead my people astray; for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, "Peace." and whoever doesn't provide for their mouths, they prepare war against him:
Micah 6:12
Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.
Zephaniah 3:3
Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing until the next day.
Matthew 23:13
"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites. Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you do not enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter."
James 5:4-5
Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.