Proverbs 9:17
King James Version (KJV)
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
In context
15 To call passengers who go right on their ways:
16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
Proverbs 9:17 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
- WEB World English Bible
- “Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant.”
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
- ASV American Standard Version
- Stolen waters are sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 'Stolen waters are sweet, And hidden bread is pleasant.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread of secrecy is pleasant.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.