Proverbs
King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 9:17
“Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 9:17 Context
14For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, 15To call passengers who go right on their ways: 16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
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Translation Details for Proverbs 9:17
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
Other Translations for Proverbs 9:17
Bible Commentary for Proverbs 9:17
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.
Stollen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"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