Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread in secret is pleasant.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
Holman Bible
and bread eaten secretly is tasty!”
International Standard Version
"Stolen waters are sweet, and food eaten in secret is delicious."
American Standard Version
Stolen waters are sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
Amplified
“Stolen waters (pleasures) are sweet [because they are forbidden];
And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
Bible in Basic English
Drink taken without right is sweet, and food in secret is pleasing.
Darby Translation
Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread of secrecy is pleasant.
Julia Smith Translation
Stolen waters will be sweet, and the bread of secrets shall be pleasant
King James 2000
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Stolen waters are sweet, and bread of secrecy is pleasant."
Modern King James verseion
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread that is privily eaten, hath a good taste."
NET Bible
"Stolen waters are sweet, and food obtained in secret is pleasant!"
New Heart English Bible
"Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant."
The Emphasized Bible
Stolen waters, will be sweet, - and a secret meal, will be pleasant;
Webster
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
World English Bible
"Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant."
Youngs Literal Translation
'Stolen waters are sweet, And hidden bread is pleasant.'
Themes
Error » Known to God » Allurements of
Harlot (prostitute) » Machinations of
Interlinear
Mayim
Lechem
Cether
References
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 9:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Foolishness' Banquet
16 He who is simple, let him turn in here. And as for him who is void of understanding, she says to him, 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread in secret is pleasant. 18 But he knows not that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Cross References
Proverbs 20:17
Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Proverbs 30:20
So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no iniquity.
Genesis 3:6
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make wise, she took of the fruit of it, and ate. And she also gave to her husband with her, and h
2 Kings 5:24-27
And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house, and he let the men go, and they departed.
Proverbs 7:18-20
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning. Let us solace ourselves with love.
Romans 7:8
But sin, having taken opportunity through the commandment, wrought in me every evil desire, for apart from law sin is dead.
Ephesians 5:12
For it is disgusting even to speak of the things happening by them secretly.
James 1:14-15
But each man is tempted by his own lust, being drawn away and enticed.