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Proverbs 20:17
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KJ21
The bread of deceit is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
ASV
Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
AMP
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].
AMPC
Food gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
BRG
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
CSB
Food gained by fraud is sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth is full of gravel.
CSBA
Food gained by fraud is sweet to a person, but afterwards his mouth is full of gravel.
CEB
Stolen bread is sweet, but afterward the mouth is full of gravel.
CJB
Food obtained by fraud may taste good, but later the mouth is full of gravel.
CEV
The food you get by cheating may taste delicious, but it turns to gravel.
DARBY
Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
DRA
The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
ERV
It may seem to be a good thing to get something by cheating, but in the end, it will be worth nothing.
EASY
If you cheat someone to get food to eat, it may seem good when you taste it. But soon it will be like sand in your mouth.
EHV
Food gained dishonestly tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
ESV
Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.
ESVUK
Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth will be full of gravel.
EXB
·Stolen [Fraudulent; False] food may taste sweet at first, but later it will feel like a mouth full of gravel.
GNV
The bread of deceit is sweet to a man: but afterward his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
GW
Food gained dishonestly tastes sweet to a person, but afterwards his mouth will be filled with gravel.
GNT
What you get by dishonesty you may enjoy like the finest food, but sooner or later it will be like a mouthful of sand.
HCSB
Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth is full of gravel.
ICB
When a person gets food dishonestly, it may taste sweet at first. But later he will feel as if he has a mouth full of gravel.
ISV
Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but later his mouth will be full of gravel.
JUB
¶ Bread of deceit is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
KJV
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
AKJV
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
LSB
Bread obtained by lying is sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
LEB
Bread gained by deceit is sweet for the man, but afterward, his mouth will be filled with gravel.
TLB
Some men enjoy cheating, but the cake they buy with such ill-gotten gain will turn to gravel in their mouths.
MSG
Stolen bread tastes sweet, but soon your mouth is full of gravel.
MEV
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth will be filled with gravel.
NOG
Food gained dishonestly tastes sweet to a person, but afterwards his mouth will be filled with gravel.
NABRE
Bread earned by deceit is sweet, but afterward the mouth is filled with gravel.
NASB
Bread obtained by a lie is sweet to a person, But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
NASB1995
Bread obtained by falsehood is sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
NCB
Bread obtained by deceit may taste sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth is filled with grit.
NCV
Stolen food may taste sweet at first, but later it will feel like a mouth full of gravel.
NET
Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
NIRV
Food gained by cheating tastes sweet. But you will end up with a mouth full of gravel.
NIV
Food gained by fraud tastes sweet, but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel.
NIVUK
Food gained by fraud tastes sweet, but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel.
NKJV
Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
NLV
Bread a man gets by lying is sweet to him, but later his mouth will be filled with sand.
NLT
Stolen bread tastes sweet, but it turns to gravel in the mouth.
NRSVA
Bread gained by deceit is sweet, but afterwards the mouth will be full of gravel.
NRSVACE
Bread gained by deceit is sweet, but afterwards the mouth will be full of gravel.
NRSVCE
Bread gained by deceit is sweet, but afterward the mouth will be full of gravel.
NRSVUE
Bread gained by deceit is sweet, but afterward the mouth will be full of gravel.
OJB
Lechem from sheker (deceit) is sweet to an ish, but afterwards his peh (mouth) shall be filled with gravel.
RGT
The bread of deceit is sweet to a man. But afterward, his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
RSV
Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.
RSVCE
Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.
TLV
Bread gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is filled with gravel.
VOICE
At first the bread of lies tastes sweet until guilt reduces it to gravel in the mouth.
WEB
Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
WYC
The bread of a leasing, that is, gotten by a leasing, is sweet to a man (Bread gotten by a lie, tasteth sweet to a person); and afterward his mouth shall be filled with reckoning [but afterward his mouth shall be filled with little pebble stones].
YLT
Sweet to a man [is] the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled [with] gravel.
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