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


In Context

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

15 To call to those who pass by, who go straight on their ways,

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.

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 Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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