Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
New American Standard Bible
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
King James Version
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Holman Bible
but afterward his mouth is full of gravel.
International Standard Version
Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but later his mouth will be full of gravel.
A Conservative Version
Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
American Standard Version
Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Amplified
Food gained by deceit is sweet to a man,
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel [just as sin may be sweet at first, but later its consequences bring despair].
Bible in Basic English
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.
Julia Smith Translation
Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; and afterward his mouth shall be filled with gravel
King James 2000
Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Bread gained by deceit is sweet for the man, but afterward, his mouth will be filled [with] gravel.
Modern King James verseion
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Every man liketh the bread that is gotten in deceit; but at the last his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
NET Bible
Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
New Heart English Bible
Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
The Emphasized Bible
Sweet to a man, may be the bread of falsehood, but, afterward, shall his mouth be filled with gravel.
Webster
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
World English Bible
Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
Youngs Literal Translation
Sweet to a man is the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled with gravel.
Themes
Bread » Illustrative » (of deceit,) of unlawful gain
Deceit » The wicked full of » The prevalence of
Topics
Interlinear
Lechem
Peh
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 20:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Foolproof Instructions
16 Take his garment that is become surety for another, and hold him in pledge for strangers. 17 Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. 18 Plans are established by counsel; and with good advice make war.
Names
Cross References
Genesis 3:6-7
And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a pleasure for the eyes, and the tree was to be desired to give intelligence; and she took of its fruit, and ate, and gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.
Job 20:12-20
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth and he hide it under his tongue,
Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Proverbs 9:17-18
Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread of secrecy is pleasant.
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Lamentations 3:15-16
He hath sated me with bitterness, he hath made me drunk with wormwood.
Hebrews 11:25
choosing rather to suffer affliction along with the people of God than to have the temporary pleasure of sin;