Proverbs 9:17 — Compare All Translations

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

`Stolen waters are sweet, And hidden bread is pleasant.`

English ASV

Stolen waters are sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

English Amplified

Stolen waters (pleasures) are sweet [because they are forbidden]; and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. [Prov. 20:17.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Stolen waters (pleasures) are sweet [because they are forbidden]; and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. [Prov. 20:17.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten secretly is tasty!”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread of secrecy is pleasant.

English EASY 2024

If you drink water that belongs to someone else, it tastes very sweet! If you eat food secretly, it tastes better than anything! So come and enjoy my meal!’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

"Stolen water is sweet. Stolen bread tastes good."

"Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."

English GNT (Good News Translation)

“Stolen water is sweeter. Stolen bread tastes better.”

English God's Word - GW 1995

"Stolen waters are sweet, and food eaten in secret is tasty."

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

"Stolen water is sweet, and bread [eaten] secretly is tasty!"

English KJV 1611

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

English LSB

“Stolen water is sweet; And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"Stolen water is sweet; And bread eaten in secret is pleasant."

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

Stolen water is sweet, and bread gotten secretly is pleasing!"

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

“Stolen waters are sweet, and food obtained in secret is pleasant!”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

She says, "Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret tastes good!"

English NIV

"Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!"

English NKJ 1982

“Stolen water is sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

English NLT

"Stolen water is refreshing; food eaten in secret tastes the best!"

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

"Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

“Illicit sex is the best sex of all. Our secret affair will be sweeter than all others.”

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

“Stolen melons are the sweetest; stolen apples taste the best!“

English Tyndale 1537

stolen waters are sweet, and the bread that is privily eaten, hath a good taste.

Proverbs 9:17 — Compare Translations