Proverbs 20:17
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20:17Bread gained by deceit52 tastes sweet to a person,53
but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.54
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- 52 Heb “bread of deceit” (so , ). This refers to food gained through dishonest means. The term “bread” is a synecdoche of specific for general, referring to anything obtained by fraud, including food.
- 53 Heb “a man.”
- 54 The image of food and eating is carried throughout the proverb. Food taken by fraud seems sweet at first, but afterward it is not. To end up with a mouth full of gravel (a mass of small particles; e.g., Job 20:14–15; Lam 3:16) implies by comparison that what has been taken by fraud will be worthless and useless and certainly in the way (like food turning into sand and dirt).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man,
but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Food gained by fraud tastes sweet,
but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Food gained by fraud is sweet to a person,
but afterward his mouth is full of gravel.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Stolen bread tastes sweet,
but it turns to gravel in the mouth.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Bread gained by deceit is sweet for the man,
but afterward, his mouth will be filled with gravel.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man;
But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
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