Proverbs 20:1 (ESV)

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Proverbs 20:17 - Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man,
but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.

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Translations for Proverbs 20:17

KJVKJV (read chapter in KJV)

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

NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)

Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man,
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)

Stolen bread tastes sweet,
but it turns to gravel in the mouth.

NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)

Food gained by fraud tastes sweet, but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel.

ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)

Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man,
but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.

CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

Food gained by fraud is sweet to a person,

but afterward his mouth is full of gravel.

NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)

Bread^H3899 obtained by a lie^H8267 is sweet^H6156 to a person^H376,

But afterward^H310 his mouth^H6310 will be filled^H4390 with gravel^H2687.

NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)

Bread obtained by falsehood is sweet to a man,
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)

Bread^H3899 obtained by lying^H8267 is sweet^H6156 to a man^H376,

But afterward^H310 his mouth^H6310 will be filled^H4390 with gravel^H2687.

AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)

Food gained by deceit is sweet to a man,

But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel [just as sin may be sweet at first, but later its consequences bring despair].

NETNET (read chapter in NET)

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

RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)

Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.

ASVASV (read chapter in ASV)

Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man;

But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

YLTYLT (read chapter in YLT)

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

DBYDBY (read chapter in DBY)

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

WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)

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

HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)

Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, But afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)

suavis est homini panis mendacii et postea implebitur os eius calculo

NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)

الْخُبْزُ الْمُكْتَسَبُ حَرَاماً سَائِغٌ فِي حَلْقِ الإِنْسانِ، إِنَّمَا لَا يَلْبَثُ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ فَمُهُ حَصىً!

WLCWLC (read chapter in WLC)

עָרֵ֣ב לָ֭אִישׁ לֶ֣חֶם שָׁ֑קֶר וְ֝אַחַ֗ר יִמָּֽלֵא־פִ֥יהוּ חָצָֽץ׃

LXXLXX (read chapter in LXX)

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SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

خُبْزُ الْكَذِبِ لَذِيذٌ لِلإِنْسَانِ، وَمِنْ بَعْدُ يَمْتَلِئُ فَمُهُ حَصًى.

BESBES (read chapter in BES)

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RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)

Sabroso es al hombre el pan de mentira; mas después su boca será llena de cascajo.

RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)

Sabroso es al hombre el pan de mentira; Pero después su boca será llena de cascajo.

BBEBBE (read chapter in BBE)

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

CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)

以虛謊而得的食物、人覺甘甜．但後來他的口、必充滿塵沙。

EMEM (read chapter in EM)

Sabroso es al hombre el pan mal adquirido; pero cuando haya llenado su boca, se convertirá en cascajo.

KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)

속이고 취한 식물은 맛이 좋은듯하나 후에는 그 입에 모래가 가득하게 되리라

LSLS (read chapter in LS)

Le pain du mensonge est doux à l'homme, Et plus tard sa bouche est remplie de gravier.

LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)

Das gestohlene Brot schmeckt dem Manne wohl; aber hernach wird ihm der Mund voll Kieselsteine werden.

RSTRST (read chapter in RST)

Сладок для человека хлеб, [приобретенный] неправдою; но после рот его наполнится дресвою.

SESE (read chapter in SE)

Sabroso [es] al hombre el pan de mentira; mas después su boca será llena de cascajo.

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