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OET-LV Waters stolen they_are_sweet and_bread of_secret_places it_is_pleasant.
UHB מַֽיִם־גְּנוּבִ֥ים יִמְתָּ֑קוּ וְלֶ֖חֶם סְתָרִ֣ים יִנְעָֽם׃ ‡
(mayim-gənūⱱim yimtāqū vəleḩem şətārim yinˊām.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX ἄρτων κρυφίων ἡδέως ἅψασθε, καὶ ὕδατος κλοπῆς γλυκεροῦ.
(artōn krufiōn haʸdeōs hapsasthe, kai hudatos klopaʸs glukerou. )
BrTr Take and enjoy secret bread, and the sweet water of theft.
ULT “Stolen waters are sweet,
⇔ and bread of secrecies is pleasant.”
UST Come to me because having sex with someone to whom you are not married is as sweet as water that you have stolen.
⇔ Indeed, it is as delicious as food that you eat all by yourself.”
BSB “Stolen water is sweet,
⇔ and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
OEB Stolen waters are sweet,
⇔ and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.’
WEBBE “Stolen water is sweet.
⇔ Food eaten in secret is pleasant.”
WMBB (Same as above)
NET “Stolen waters are sweet,
⇔ and food obtained in secret is pleasant!”
LSV “Stolen waters are sweet,
And hidden bread is pleasant.”
FBV “Stolen water is sweet, and food eaten in secret tastes good!”
T4T “Just as water which you have stolen tastes very good
⇔ and food that you eat by yourself tastes the best,
⇔ if you have sex secretly with someone to whom you are not married, you will enjoy it very much.”
LEB • and bread of secrecy is pleasant.”
BBE Drink taken without right is sweet, and food in secret is pleasing.
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JPS 'Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.'
ASV Stolen waters are sweet,
⇔ And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
DRA Stolen waters are sweeter, and hid den bread is more pleasant.
YLT 'Stolen waters are sweet, And hidden bread is pleasant.'
Drby Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread of secrecy is pleasant.
RV Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
Wbstr Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
KJB-1769 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.[fn]
9.17 eaten…: Heb. of secrecies
KJB-1611 [fn]Stollen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
9:17 Hebr. of secrecies.
Bshps Stolen waters are sweete, & the bread that is priuily eaten, hath a good taste.
(Stolen waters are sweete, and the bread that is priuily eaten, hath/has a good taste.)
Gnva Stollen waters are sweete, and hid bread is pleasant.
Cvdl stollen waters are swete, & the bred that is preuely eaten, hath a good taist.
(stollen waters are swete, and the bred that is preuely eaten, hath/has a good taist.)
Wycl Watris of thefte ben swettere, and breed hid is swettere.
(Watris of thefte been swettere, and breed hid is swettere.)
Luth Die verstohlenen Wasser sind süß und das verborgene Brot ist niedlich.
(The verstohlenen water are süß and the verborgene bread is niedlich.)
ClVg Aquæ furtivæ dulciores sunt, et panis absconditus suavior.[fn]
(Awhich furtivæ dulciores are, and bread absconditus suavior. )
9.17 Aquæ furtivæ. Sapientia palam mensam omnibus proposuit, etc., usque ad prohibita et illicita connubia dulciora esse asseverat.
9.17 Awhich furtivæ. Sapientia palam mensam to_all proposuit, etc., until to prohibita and illicita connubia dulciora esse asseverat.
9:17 Like Wisdom, Folly has prepared a banquet for her guests (cp. 9:2-5). However, this meal is dishonest and perverse.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
מַֽיִם־גְּנוּבִ֥ים יִמְתָּ֑קוּ
water stolen sweet
The stupid woman implies that what she says in this verse is the reason why the “naive” should “turn aside” to her. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “Turn aside here because stolen waters are sweet”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
מַֽיִם־גְּנוּבִ֥ים יִמְתָּ֑קוּ וְלֶ֖חֶם סְתָרִ֣ים יִנְעָֽם
water stolen sweet and,bread secret pleasant
In this verse, the foolish woman refers to the pleasure of having sex with someone to whom one is not married as if it were as sweet as stolen waters or as pleasant as bread of secrecies. Water and food are also used as euphemisms for sexual activity in 5:15–19 and 30:20. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile: “Having sex with me is truly enjoyable” or “Having sex with me is as enjoyable as drinking stolen waters or eating bread of secrecies”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession
וְלֶ֖חֶם סְתָרִ֣ים
and,bread secret
The phrase bread of secrecies could refer to: (1) bread that a person secretly eats by himself. Alternate translation: “and bread that is eaten in secrecy” (2) bread that one obtains through secret deeds, which implies stealing the bread. Alternate translation: “and bread obtained secretly” or “and stolen bread”