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Proverbs 20:17

NETBible	Bread gained by deceit¹ tastes sweet to a person,² but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.³
NIV © biblegateway Pro 20:17	Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man, but he ends up with a mouth full of gravel.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 20:17	Bread obtained by falsehood is sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 20:17	Stolen bread tastes sweet, but it turns to gravel in the mouth.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 20:17	Stolen bread tastes sweet, but soon your mouth is full of gravel.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 20:17	Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 20:17	Bread gained by deceit is sweet, but afterward the mouth will be full of gravel.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 20:17	Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
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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 © biblegateway Pro 20:17	Bread <03899> obtained by falsehood <08267> is sweet <06156> to a man <0376> , But afterward <0310> his mouth <06310> will be filled <04390> with gravel <02687> .
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 deceit¹ tastes sweet to a person,² but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.³

NET Notes

¹tn 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.

²tn Heb “a man.”

³sn 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).