Verse 17

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

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Brød oppnådd gjennom svik smaker søtt for en mann, men etterpå blir hans munn fylt med grus.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Bedragersk brød er søtt for en mann, men etterpå blir hans munn fylt med grus.

• Norsk King James

  Bedragens brød er søtt for en mann; men etterpå skal munnen hans bli fylt med grus.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Falskhetens brød smaker mannen godt, men etterpå blir munnen hans full av grus.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Bedragets brød er behagelig for en mann, men etterpå vil munnen fylles med grus.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Løgnens brød smaker søtt for en mann, men etterpå blir munnen fylt med grus.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Bedragets brød smaker søtt for et menneske, men etterpå skal hans munn fylles med grus.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Løgnens brød smaker søtt for en mann, men etterpå blir munnen fylt med grus.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Søtt er bedragets brød for en mann, men senere vil hans munn bli fylt med grus.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Brød vunnet ved svik smaker søtt for en mann, men etterpå vil hans munn være fylt med grus.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Falskheds Brød smager en Mand vel, men siden bliver hans Mund fuld af Gruus.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Bedragerens brød er søtt for en mann; men etterpå fylles hans munn med grus.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Urettferdig mat er søt for en mann, men etterpå er hans munn full av grus.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Bedrangerens brød er søtt for en mann, men senere er munnen fylt med grus.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Løgnens brød smaker søtt for en mann, men etterpå blir munnen fylt med grus.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Bedragets brød er søtt for en mann, men etterpå blir munnen full av sand.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Euery ma liketh the bred that is gotten with disceate, but at the last is mouth shalbe fylled with grauell.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

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

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  A man liketh the bread that is gotten with deceipt: but at the last his mouth shalbe filled with grauell.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

• Prov 9:17-18 : 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 18 But he does not know that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
• Eccl 11:9 : 9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes — but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
• Lam 3:15-16 : 15 He has filled me with bitterness, He has made me drunk with wormwood. 16 He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones; He has covered me with ashes.
• Heb 11:25 : 25 choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin,
• Gen 3:6-7 : 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of the fruit and ate, and gave also to her husband with her; and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.
• Job 20:12-20 : 12 Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue, 13 Though he spares it and does not forsake it, but keeps it still within his mouth, 14 Yet his food in his stomach is turned, it is the venom of asps within him. 15 He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God shall cast them out of his belly. 16 He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall slay him. 17 He shall not see the rivers, the streams, the brooks of honey and butter. 18 That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; according to his wealth shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice in it. 19 Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away a house he did not build; 20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save anything of what he desired.
• Prov 4:17 : 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.