Proverbs 9:17
Proverbs 9:17 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
Proverbs 9:13-18 The Message (MSG)
Then there’s this other woman, Madame Prostitute— brazen, empty-headed, frivolous. She sits on the front porch of her house on Main Street, And as people walk by minding their own business, calls out, “Are you confused about life, don’t know what’s going on? Steal off with me, I’ll show you a good time! No one will ever know—I’ll give you the time of your life.” But they don’t know about all the skeletons in her closet, that all her guests end up in hell.
Proverbs 9:17 King James Version (KJV)
Stolen waters are sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
Proverbs 9:17 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
“Stolen water is sweet; And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
Proverbs 9:17 New Century Version (NCV)
Stolen water is sweeter, and food eaten in secret tastes better.”
Proverbs 9:17 American Standard Version (ASV)
Stolen waters are sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
Proverbs 9:17 New International Version (NIV)
“Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!”
Proverbs 9:17 New King James Version (NKJV)
“Stolen water is sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
Proverbs 9:17 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“Stolen waters (pleasures) are sweet [because they are forbidden]; And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.” [Prov 20:17]