NETBible | Bread gained by deceit 1 tastes sweet to a person, 2 but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel. 3 |
NIV © |
Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man, but he ends up with a mouth full of gravel. |
NASB © |
Bread obtained by falsehood is sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel. |
NLT © |
Stolen bread tastes sweet, but it turns to gravel in the mouth. |
MSG © |
Stolen bread tastes sweet, but soon your mouth is full of gravel. |
BBE © |
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand. |
NRSV © |
Bread gained by deceit is sweet, but afterward the mouth will be full of gravel. |
NKJV © |
Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel. |
KJV | Bread <03899> of deceit <08267> [is] sweet <06156> to a man <0376>_; but afterwards <0310> his mouth <06310> shall be filled <04390> (8735) with gravel <02687>_. {deceit: Heb. lying, or, falsehood} |
NASB © |
Bread <3899> obtained by falsehood <8267> is sweet <6156> to a man <376> , But afterward <310> his mouth <6310> will be filled <4390> with gravel .<2687> |
NET [draft] ITL | Bread <03899> gained by deceit <08267> tastes sweet <06149> to a person <0376> , but afterward <0310> his mouth <06310> will be filled <04390> with gravel .<02687> |
HEBREW | Uux <02687> whyp <06310> almy <04390> rxaw <0310> rqs <08267> Mxl <03899> syal <0376> bre (20:17) <06149> |
NETBible | Bread gained by deceit 1 tastes sweet to a person, 2 but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel. 3 |
NET Notes |
1 tn Heb “bread of deceit” (so KJV, NAB). This refers to food gained through dishonest means. The term “bread” is a synecdoche of specific for general, referring to anything obtained by fraud, including food. 2 tn Heb “a man.” 3 sn The image of food and eating is carried throughout the proverb. Food taken by fraud seems sweet at first, but afterward it is not. To end up with a mouth full of gravel (a mass of small particles; e.g., Job 20:14-15; Lam 3:16) implies by comparison that what has been taken by fraud will be worthless and useless and certainly in the way (like food turning into sand and dirt). |