Other translations
American Standard Version
Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He pledges security to a man with deceitful bread, and after that, his mouth will be filled with pebbles.
Darby Bible Translation
Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.
God's Word
Food gained dishonestly tastes sweet to a person, but afterwards his mouth will be filled with gravel.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth is full of gravel.
International Standard Version
Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but later his mouth will be full of gravel.
NET Bible
Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
New American Standard Bible
Bread obtained by falsehood is sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
New International Version
Food gained by fraud tastes sweet, but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel.
New Living Translation
Stolen bread tastes sweet, but it turns to gravel in the mouth.
Webster's Bible Translation
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
The World English Bible
Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
EasyEnglish Bible
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.
Young‘s Literal Translation
Sweet to a man [is] the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled [with] gravel.
New Life Version
Bread a man gets by lying is sweet to him, but later his mouth will be filled with sand.
The Voice Bible
At first the bread of lies tastes sweet until guilt reduces it to gravel in the mouth.
Living Bible
Some men enjoy cheating, but the cake they buy with such ill-gotten gain will turn to gravel in their mouths.
New Catholic Bible
Bread obtained by deceit may taste sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth is filled with grit.
Legacy Standard Bible
Bread obtained by lying is sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
Jubilee Bible 2000
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Christian Standard Bible
Food gained by fraud is sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth is full of gravel.
Amplified Bible © 1954
Food gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
New Century Version
Stolen food may taste sweet at first, but later it will feel like a mouth full of gravel.
The Message
Stolen bread tastes sweet, but soon your mouth is full of gravel.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
Food gained dishonestly tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Bread gained by deceit is sweet, but afterward the mouth will be full of gravel.
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.
Wycliffe Bible
The bread of a leasing, that is, gotten by a leasing, is sweet to a man (Bread gotten by a lie, tasteth sweet to a person); and afterward his mouth shall be filled with reckoning [but afterward his mouth shall be filled with little pebble stones].
Contemporary English Version
The food you get by cheating may taste delicious, but it turns to gravel.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Bread gained by deceit is sweet, but afterward the mouth will be full of gravel.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Bread gained by deceit is sweet, but afterwards the mouth will be full of gravel.
Common English Bible © 2011
Stolen bread is sweet, but afterward the mouth is full of gravel.
Amplified Bible © 2015
Food gained by deceit is sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel [just as sin may be sweet at first, but later its consequences bring despair].
English Standard Version Anglicised
Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth will be full of gravel.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Bread earned by deceit is sweet, but afterward the mouth is filled with gravel.
New American Standard Bible
Bread obtained by a lie is sweet to a person, But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
The Expanded Bible
·Stolen [Fraudulent; False] food may taste sweet at first, but later it will feel like a mouth full of gravel.
Tree of Life Version
Bread gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is filled with gravel.
Revised Standard Version
Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.
New International Reader's Version
Food gained by cheating tastes sweet. But you will end up with a mouth full of gravel.
BRG Bible
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Complete Jewish Bible
Food obtained by fraud may taste good, but later the mouth is full of gravel.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Bread gained by deceit is sweet, but afterwards the mouth will be full of gravel.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
Lechem from sheker (deceit) is sweet to an ish, but afterwards his peh (mouth) shall be filled with gravel.
Names of God Bible
Food gained dishonestly tastes sweet to a person, but afterwards his mouth will be filled with gravel.
Modern English Version
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth will be filled with gravel.
Easy-to-Read Version
It may seem to be a good thing to get something by cheating, but in the end, it will be worth nothing.
International Children’s Bible
When a person gets food dishonestly, it may taste sweet at first. But later he will feel as if he has a mouth full of gravel.
Lexham English Bible
Bread gained by deceit is sweet for the man, but afterward, his mouth will be filled with gravel.
New International Version - UK
Food gained by fraud tastes sweet, but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel.