Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Stolen waters are sweet, and bread of secrecy 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."
A Conservative Version
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread in secret is pleasant.
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.
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 "Whoever is simple, may he turn here!" As for he who lacks {sense}, she says to him, 17 "Stolen waters are sweet, and bread of secrecy is pleasant." 18 But he does not know that the dead [are] there, in the depths of Sheol [are] her guests.
Cross References
Proverbs 20:17
Bread gained by deceit is sweet for the man, but afterward, his mouth will be filled [with] gravel.
Proverbs 23:31-32
Do not look at wine when it is red, when it {sparkles} on the cup, going down smoothly.
Proverbs 30:20
This is the way of a woman committing adultery: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says "I have not done wrong."
Genesis 3:6
When the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food and that it [was] a delight to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make [one] wise, then she took from its fruit and she ate. And she gave [it] also to her husband with her, and he ate.
2 Kings 5:24-27
When he came to the citadel, he took them from their hand and put them in the house, then sent away the men so that they went.
Proverbs 7:18-20
Come, let us take [our] fill of love making, until the morning let us delight in love.
Romans 7:8
But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all [kinds of] covetousness. For apart from the law, sin [is] dead.
Ephesians 5:12
For it is shameful even to speak [about] the things being [done] by them in secret,
James 1:14-15
But each one is tempted [when he] is dragged away and enticed by his own desires.