Verse List for PROV 20:17

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B I ◄ ← Prov 20:17 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) The bread of lies tastes good at first, ⇔ ^ but afterwards it’s like a mouthful of gravel.

OET-LV is_sweet to_person food _of falsehood and_after it _will _be _filled mouth _of_his gravel.

ULT Sweet to a man, is bread of falsehood, ⇔ but afterward his mouth will be filled, with gravel.

UST Food that people get by deceiving others may taste sweet to them at first, ⇔  but later what they have done will be as unpleasant to them as having a mouth full of rocks.

BSB & MSB Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, ⇔  but later his mouth is full of gravel.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, ⇔  but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

NET Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, ⇔ but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

LSV The bread of falsehood [is] sweet to a man,
And afterward his mouth is filled [with] gravel.

FBV Food you get by cheating may taste sweet, but afterwards it will be like a mouthful of gravel.

T4T ⇔  People may think that food that they acquire by doing what is dishonest will taste very good, ⇔  but later they will not enjoy what they have done any more than they would enjoy eating gravel/sand.

LEB • Bread gained by deceit is sweet for the man,
• but afterward, his mouth will be filled with gravel.

BBE Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.

Moff Food won by fraud has a sweet taste, ⇔  but later on the mouth gets filled with gravel.

JPS Bread of falsehood 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.

DRA The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

YLT Sweet to a man [is] the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled [with] gravel.

Drby Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

RV Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

SLT Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; and afterward his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Wbstr Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

KJB-1769 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.[fn]

KJB-1611 [fn]Bread of deceit is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with grauell.
(Bread of deceit is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravell.)

Bshps A man liketh the bread that is gotten with deceipt: but at the last his mouth shalbe filled with grauell.
(A man liketh the bread that is gotten with deceit: but at the last his mouth shall be filled with gravell.)

Gnva The bread of deceit is sweete to a man: but afterward his mouth shalbe filled with grauel.
(The bread of deceit is sweet to a man: but afterward his mouth shall be filled with gravel.)

Cvdl Euery ma liketh the bred that is gotten with disceate, but at the last is mouth shalbe fylled with grauell.
(Every man liketh the bread that is gotten with deceit, but at the last is mouth shall be filled with gravell.)

Wycl The breed of a leesing is sweet to a man; and aftirward his mouth schal be fillid with rikenyng.
(The bread of a leesing is sweet to a man; and afterward his mouth shall be filled with rikening.)

Luth Das gestohlene Brot schmeckt jedermann wohl; aber hernach wird ihm der Mund voll Kieseling werden.
(The stolene bread schmeckt anyone probably/well; but afterwards becomes him the/of_the mouth full/whole Kieseling become.)

ClVg Suavis est homini panis mendacii, et postea implebitur os ejus calculo.[fn]
(Suavis it_is to_man bread/food lies, and afterwards will_be_fulfilled mouth his/her calculo.)

UHB עָרֵ֣ב לָ֭⁠אִישׁ לֶ֣חֶם שָׁ֑קֶר וְ֝⁠אַחַ֗ר יִמָּֽלֵא־פִ֥י⁠הוּ חָצָֽץ׃ ‡

BrLXX No BrLXX PROV 20:17 verse available

BrTr No BrTr PROV 20:17 verse available