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Proverbs 9:17

NETBible	“Stolen waters¹ are sweet, and food obtained in secret² is pleasant!”
NIV © biblegateway Pro 9:17	"Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!"
NASB © biblegateway Pro 9:17	"Stolen water is sweet; And bread eaten in secret is pleasant."
NLT © biblegateway Pro 9:17	"Stolen water is refreshing; food eaten in secret tastes the best!"
MSG © biblegateway Pro 9:17	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."
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 9:17	Drink taken without right is sweet, and food in secret is pleasing.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 9:17	"Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 9:17	"Stolen water is sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant."
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KJV	Stolen <01589> (8803) waters <04325> are sweet <04985> (8799)_, and bread <03899> [eaten] in secret <05643> is pleasant <05276> (8799)_. {eaten...: Heb. of secrecies}
NASB © biblegateway Pro 9:17	"Stolen <01589> water <04325> is sweet <04985> ; And bread <03899> eaten in secret <05643> is pleasant <05276> ."
LXXM	artwn <740> N-GPM krufiwn {A-GPM} hdewv <2234> ADV aqasye <680> V-AMS-2P kai <2532> CONJ udatov <5204> N-GSN klophv <2829> N-GSF glukerou {A-GSN}
NET [draft] ITL	“Stolen <01589> waters <04325> are sweet <04985> , and food <03899> obtained in secret <05643> is pleasant <05276> !”
HEBREW	Meny <05276> Myrto <05643> Mxlw <03899> wqtmy <04985> Mybwng <01589> Mym (9:17) <04325>

NETBible

“Stolen waters¹ are sweet, and food obtained in secret² is pleasant!”

NET Notes

¹sn The offer is not wine and meat (which represented wisdom), but water that is stolen. The “water” will seem sweeter than wine because it is stolen – the idea of getting away with something exciting appeals to the baser instincts. In Proverbs the water imagery was introduced earlier in 5:15-19 as sexual activity with the adulteress, which would seem at the moment more enjoyable than learning wisdom. Likewise bread will be drawn into this analogy in 30:20. So the “calling out” is similar to that of wisdom, but what is being offered is very different.

²tn Heb “bread of secrecies.” It could mean “bread [eaten in] secret places,” a genitive of location; or it could mean “bread [gained through] secrets,” a genitive of source, the secrecies being metonymical for theft. The latter makes a better parallelism in this verse, for bread (= sexually immoral behavior) gained secretly would be like stolen water.