Proverbs 9:17
“Stollen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
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Proverbs 9:17 Context
15To call passengers who go right on their wayes: 16Who so is simple, let him turne in hither: and as for him that wanteth vnderstanding, she saith to him; 17Stollen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 18But hee knoweth not that the dead are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
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Other Translations for Proverbs 9:17
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.
- King James Version
"Stolen water is sweet; And bread {eaten} in secret is pleasant."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Stolen waters are sweet, And bread `eaten' in secret is pleasant.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Drink taken without right is sweet, and food in secret is pleasing.
- Basic English Bible
Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread of secrecy is pleasant.
- Darby Bible
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
- Webster's Bible
Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant.
- World English Bible
`Stolen waters are sweet, And hidden bread is pleasant.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
'Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Proverbs 9:17
9:17 Sweet - From the difficulty of obtaining them; and because the very prohibition renders them more grateful to corrupt nature.