17Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.


In Context

14 |It's no good, it's no good,| says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.

15 There is gold and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.

17 Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

18 Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!

19 He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don't keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

Proverbs 20:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:17Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:17Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man, but he ends up with a mouth full of gravel.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:17The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:17Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:17Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:17Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:17Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:17Sweet to a man is the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled with gravel.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:17Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.