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Proverbs 9:16-18
Expanded Bible
Proverbs 9:16-18
Expanded Bible
16 She says to those who ·are uneducated [lack sense/heart],
“·Come in [Turn aside] here, you ·foolish [naive; immature; simpleminded] people!
17 Stolen water is sweeter,
and food eaten in secret tastes better.”
18 But these people don’t know that ·everyone who goes there dies [the dead/departed/shades are there],
that her guests ·end up deep in the grave [L are in the depths of Sheol].
Proverbs 9:16-18
New International Version
Proverbs 9:16-18
New International Version
Proverbs 9:16-18
King James Version
Proverbs 9:16-18
King James Version
16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
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Proverbs 9:16-18
New King James Version
Proverbs 9:16-18
New King James Version
16 “Whoever(A) is [a]simple, let him turn in here”;
And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
17 “Stolen(B) water is sweet,
And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
18 But he does not know that (C)the dead are there,
That her guests are in the depths of [b]hell.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 9:16 naive
- Proverbs 9:18 Or Sheol
Proverbs 9:16-18
English Standard Version
Proverbs 9:16-18
English Standard Version
16 (A)“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
And to him who lacks sense she says,
17 (B)“Stolen water is sweet,
and (C)bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
18 But he does not know (D)that the dead[a] are there,
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 9:18 Hebrew Rephaim
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