Proverbs 9:17 - Easy To Read Version But she (Foolishness) says, “If you steal water, it tastes better than your own. If you steal bread, it tastes better than the bread you cook yourself.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Stolen waters are sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Stolen waters (pleasures) are sweet [because they are forbidden]; and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. [Prov. 20:17.] American Standard Version (1901) Stolen waters are sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant. Common English Bible “Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is pleasant.” Catholic Public Domain Version "Stolen waters are more soothing, and secret bread is more pleasant." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Stolen waters are sweeter, and hidden bread is more pleasant. |