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Proverbs 4:16–17
16 zFor they sleep not, except they have done mischief;
And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness,
And drink the wine of violence.
Proverbs 4:16–17 — The New International Version (NIV)
16 For they cannot rest until they do evil;
they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.
17 They eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
Proverbs 4:16–17 — English Standard Version (ESV)
16 For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;
they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
Proverbs 4:16–17 — New Living Translation (NLT)
16 For evil people can’t sleep until they’ve done their evil deed for the day.
They can’t rest until they’ve caused someone to stumble.
17 They eat the food of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence!
Proverbs 4:16–17 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
16 For they do not sleep unless they have done evil;
And their sleep is taken away unless they make someone fall.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness,
And drink the wine of violence.
Proverbs 4:16–17 — New Century Version (NCV)
16 because they cannot sleep until they do evil.
They cannot rest until they harm someone.
17 They feast on wickedness and cruelty
as if they were eating bread and drinking wine.
Proverbs 4:16–17 — American Standard Version (ASV)
16 For they sleep not, except they do evil;
And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness,
And drink the wine of violence.
Proverbs 4:16–17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
16 For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused some to fall. 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Proverbs 4:16–17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
16 Wicked people cannot sleep
unless they do wrong,
and they are robbed of their sleep
unless they make someone stumble.
17 They eat food obtained through wrongdoing
and drink wine obtained through violence.
Proverbs 4:16–17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
16 For they can’t sleep
unless they have done what is evil;
they are robbed of sleep
unless they make someone stumble.
17 They eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
Proverbs 4:16–17 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
16 For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;
they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
Proverbs 4:16–17 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
16 For they will not sleep if they have not done wrong,
and they are robbed of their sleep if they do not cause stumbling.
17 For they ate the bread of wickedness,
and they drank the wine of violence.
Proverbs 4:16–17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
16 Sinners can’t sleep until they do what is evil.
They can’t rest until they make someone fall.
17 They do evil just as easily as they eat food.
They hurt others as easily as they drink wine.
Proverbs 4:16–17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
16 For they cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness
And drink the wine of violence.
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