Proverbs 20:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.”
Proverbs 20:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Proverbs 20:17 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Proverbs 20:17 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Proverbs 20:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.”
Proverbs 20:17 — World English Bible
Proverbs 20:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.”
Proverbs 20:17 — American Standard Version
Proverbs 20:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Sweet to a man <FI>is<Fi> the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled <FI>with<Fi> gravel.”
Proverbs 20:17 — Young's Literal Translation
Proverbs 20:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.”
Proverbs 20:17 — Darby Translation
Proverbs 20:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“The bread of deceit is sweete to a man: but afterward his mouth shalbe filled with grauel.”
Proverbs 20:17 — Geneva Bible
Proverbs 20:17 in Context — Proverbs 20
15 Hay oro y multitud de piedras preciosas: mas los labios sabios son vaso precioso.
16 Quítale su ropa al que salió por fiador del extraño; y tómale prenda [al que fía] la extraña.
17 Sabroso es al hombre el pan de mentira; mas después su boca será llena de cascajo.
18 Los pensamientos con el consejo se ordenan: y con industria se hace la guerra.
19 El que descubre el secreto, en chismes anda: no te entrometas, pues, con el que lisonjea con sus labios.
What Does Proverbs 20:17 Mean?
Proverbs 20:17 is a verse from the Book of Proverbs, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Proverbs chapter 20. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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