Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
"Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten 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."
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.
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!"
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, let him turn in here." as for him who is void of understanding, she says to him, 17 "Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant." 18 But he doesn't know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Cross References
Proverbs 20:17
Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
Proverbs 23:31-32
Do not look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
Proverbs 30:20
"So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says, 'I have done nothing 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 that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.
2 Kings 5:24-27
When he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and stored them in the house. Then he let the men go, and they departed.
Proverbs 7:18-20
Come, let's take our fill of loving until the morning. Let's solace ourselves with loving.
Romans 7:8
But sin, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
Ephesians 5:12
For the things which are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of.
James 1:14-15
But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.