Proverbs 20:17

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

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

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

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

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

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

Bible in Basic English ☆

Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.

Darby Translation ☆

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

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

The bread of deceit is sweete to a man: but afterward his mouth shalbe filled with grauel.

Noyes Bible ☆

The bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Bread of falsehood is pleasant to a man; but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel-stones.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

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

King James Version ☆

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

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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

Majority Standard BIble ☆

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

Webster Bible ☆

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

Revised Version ☆

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

World English Bible ☆

Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

World English Bible Classic ☆

Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

World English Bible Updated ☆

Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

World Messianic Bible ☆

Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

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

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Lechem from sheker (deceit) is sweet to an ish, but afterwards his peh (mouth) shall be filled with gravel.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

خُبْزُ ٱلْكَذِبِ لَذِيذٌ لِلْإِنْسَانِ، وَمِنْ بَعْدُ يَمْتَلِئُ فَمُهُ حَصًى.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

လှည့်စား၍ ရသောအစာသည် ချိုမြိန်သော် လည်း၊ စားသော သူ၏နှုတ်သည် ကျောက်စရစ်နှင့် ပြည့်လိမ့်မည်။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

လှည့်စား ၍ ရသောအစာ သည် ချိုမြိန် သော်လည်း ၊ စားသောသူ ၏နှုတ် သည် ကျောက်စရစ် နှင့် ပြည့် လိမ့်မည်။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Alinghaih hoiah hnuk ih caaknaek loe khraem parai; toe hnukkhuem ah loe pakha to thlungcaret hoiah koi tih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Laithae buh he hlang hamla tui dae, a hnukah a ka dongah lungcang muep baetawt.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Laithae buh he hlang hamla tui dae, a hnukah a ka dongah lungcang muep baetawt.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

以虚谎而得的食物，人觉甘甜； 但后来，他的口必充满尘沙。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

以虛謊而得的食物，人覺甘甜； 但後來，他的口必充滿塵沙。

World Chinese Bible ☆

用欺诈得来的食物，人觉得甘甜； 后来他的口中却充满沙石。

Croatian Bible ☆

Sladak je čovjeku kruh prijevare, ali mu se usta poslije napune pijeskom.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Chutný jest někomu chléb falše, ale potom ústa jeho pískem naplněna bývají.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Sødt smager Løgnens Brød, bagefter fyldes Munden med Grus.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Het brood der leugen is den mens zoet; maar daarna zal zijn mond vol van zandsteentjes worden.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Gestolen brood smaakt iemand wel goed, Maar achteraf heeft hij een mond vol zand.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Malhonesta pano estas bongusta por homo; Sed lia buŝo poste estos plena de ŝtonetoj.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Le pain du mensonge est agréable à l’homme ; mais ensuite, sa bouche est pleine de gravier.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Le pain acquis par la tromperie est agréable à l'homme; mais ensuite sa bouche sera remplie de gravier.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Le pain du mensonge est doux à l’homme, Et plus tard sa bouche est remplie de gravier.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

La nourriture acquise par la fraude est douce à l'homme, mais ensuite sa bouche est remplie de gravier.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Das Brot der Falschheit ist einem Manne süß, aber hernach wird sein Mund voll Kies.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Das gestohlene Brot schmeckt dem Manne wohl; aber hernach wird ihm der Mund voll Kieselsteine werden.

German Textbibel ☆

Süß schmeckt dem Manne das Brot des Trugs; hinterher aber wird ihm der Mund voll Kies.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Erschwindeltes Brot schmeckt dem Manne süß; aber hernach wird sein Mund voll Kies.

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Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Lajan ou fè nan move kondisyon ka dous lè ou fèk genyen l'. Men, apre sa, se tankou ti wòch anba dan.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Ua ono i ke kanaka ka ai no ka wahahee; A mahope iho, e piha kona waha i ke one.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

עָרֵ֣ב לָ֭אִישׁ לֶ֣חֶם שָׁ֑קֶר וְ֝אַחַ֗ר יִמָּֽלֵא־פִ֥יהוּ חָצָֽץ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ערב לאיש לחם שקר ואחר ימלא פיהו חצץ׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Il pane acquistato con frode è soave all'uomo ; Ma poi la sua bocca si trova piena di ghiaia.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Il pane frodato è dolce all’uomo; ma, dopo, avrà la bocca piena di ghiaia.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

欺きによって得た食べ物は人に甘いが、 後にはその口が砂利で満たされる。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

속이고 취한 식물은 맛이 좋은듯하나 후에는 그 입에 모래가 가득하게 되리라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Ma kom eisla ke inkanek sesuwos ac ku in mwe engan nu sum oana sie mwe mongo na yuyu, tuh ac tia paht toko na ac oana sie oalu sessesla ke fikar.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Suavis est homini panis mendacii, et postea implebitur os ejus calculo.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

نان فریب برای انسان لذیذ است، اما بعد دهانش از سنگ ریزه‌ها پر خواهد شد.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

A comida ganha com engano é doce para o homem, mas depois a sua boca se encherá de cascalho.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

O pão da mentira é agradável ao homem; mas depois sua boca se encherá de pedregulhos.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Pâinea înșelăciunii este dulce pentru un om, dar după aceea gura i se va umple cu pietriș.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Пыня минчуний есте дулче омулуй, дар май пе урмэ гура ый есте плинэ де петриш.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Сладок для человека хлеб, приобретенный неправдою; но после рот его наполнится дресвою.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Sladak je čoveku hleb od prevare, ali mu se posle napune usta peska.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Сладак је човеку хлеб од преваре, али му се после напуне уста песка.

Mashi Bible ☆

Omugati gw’obushuma guyishi oku gununira omuntu, erhi gucîbûmba akanwa gushube mushênyi!

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Sabroso es al hombre el pan de mentira; mas después su boca será llena de cascajo.

Spanish BLL ☆

El pan ganado con mentiras le sabe dulce al hombre, pero después acabará con la boca llena de piedras.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Sabroso es al hombre el pan de mentira; mas después su boca será llena de cascajo.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

El pan de engaño es dulce para el hombre; pero después, su boca estará llena de arena.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Sabroso es al hombre el pan mal adquirido, Pero después su boca estará llena de fragmentos de piedra.

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Revised West Version ☆

Ko e mā ʻoku maʻu ʻi he kākā ʻoku ifoifo lelei ki he tangata: ka ʻe toki fakafonu kimui ʻa hono ngutu ʻaki ʻae pata.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Солодкий зразу чоловікові хлїб, неправдою нажитий, та й на впослї в його ротї піску повно буде,

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Солодкий зразу чоловікові хлїб, неправдою нажитий, та й на впослї в його ротї піску повно буде,

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Bánh nhờ dối gạt mà được lấy làm ngon ngọt cho người; Nhưng kế sau miệng người đầy sạn.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

עָרֵ֣ב לָ֭אִישׁ לֶ֣חֶם שָׁ֑קֶר וְ֝אַחַ֗ר יִמָּֽלֵא־פִ֥יהוּ חָצָֽץ׃