Proverbs 20:17
Proverbs 20:17 — The New International Version (NIV)
17 Food gained by fraud tastes sweet,
but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel.
Proverbs 20:17 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man;
But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Proverbs 20:17 — New Living Translation (NLT)
17 Stolen bread tastes sweet,
but it turns to gravel in the mouth.
Proverbs 20:17 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
17 Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man,
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
Proverbs 20:17 — New Century Version (NCV)
17 Stolen food may taste sweet at first,
but later it will feel like a mouth full of gravel.
Proverbs 20:17 — American Standard Version (ASV)
17 Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man;
But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Proverbs 20:17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
17 Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Proverbs 20:17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
17 Food gained dishonestly tastes sweet to a person,
but afterwards his mouth will be filled with gravel.
Proverbs 20:17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
17 Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man,
but afterward his mouth is full of gravel.
Proverbs 20:17 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
17 Bread gained by deceit is sweet,
but afterward the mouth will be full of gravel.
Proverbs 20:17 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
17 Bread gained by deceit is sweet for the man,
but afterward, his mouth will be filled with gravel.
Proverbs 20:17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
17 Food gained by cheating tastes sweet to a man.
But he will end up with a mouth full of sand.
Proverbs 20:17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
17 Bread obtained by falsehood is sweet to a man,
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.