17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.


In Context

14 For she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

15 To call passengers who go right on their ways:

16 Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: and as for him that wants understanding, she said to him,

17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

18 But he knows not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

Proverbs 9:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:17"Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:17Stolen waters are sweeter, and hid den bread is more pleasant.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:17Stolen waters are sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:17Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread of secrecy is pleasant.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:17|Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:17'Stolen waters are sweet, And hidden bread is pleasant.'