Proverbs 20:17 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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

English ASV

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

English Amplified

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

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

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

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Food gained by fraud is sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth is full of gravel.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

If you cheat someone to get food to eat, it may seem good when you taste it. But soon it will be like sand in your mouth.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

It may seem to be a good thing to get something by cheating, but in the end, it will be worth nothing.

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

English GNT (Good News Translation)

What you get by dishonesty you may enjoy like the finest food, but sooner or later it will be like a mouthful of sand.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Food gained dishonestly tastes sweet to a person, but afterwards his mouth will be filled with gravel.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is full of gravel.

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

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

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

The bread of deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward is his mouth filled with gravel.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

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

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

The bread of deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Food gained by cheating tastes sweet to a man. But he will end up with a mouth full of sand.

English NIV

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

English NKJ 1982

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

English NLT

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

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Bread gained by deceit is sweet, but afterward the mouth will be full of gravel.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

What you obtain dishonestly may seem sweet at first, but sooner or later you’ll live to regret it.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

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

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Some men enjoy cheating, but the cake they buy with such ill-gotten gain will turn to gravel in their mouths.

English Tyndale 1537

Every man liketh the bread that is gotten in deceit, but at the last his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Proverbs 20:17 — Compare Translations