¹⁷ Sweet to a man `is' the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled `with' gravel.

¹⁷ `Stolen waters are sweet, And hidden bread is pleasant.'

¹⁸ And he hath not known that Rephaim `are' there, In deep places of Sheol her invited ones!

⁹ Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood, And let thy heart gladden thee in days of thy youth, And walk in the ways of thy heart, And in the sight of thine eyes, And know thou that for all these, Doth God bring thee into judgment.

¹⁵ He hath filled me with bitter things, He hath filled me `with' wormwood.

¹⁶ And He breaketh with gravel my teeth, He hath covered me with ashes.

²⁵ having chosen rather to be afflicted with the people of God, than to have sin's pleasure for a season,

⁶ And the woman seeth that the tree `is' good for food, and that it `is' pleasant to the eyes, and the tree is desirable to make `one' wise, and she taketh of its fruit and eateth, and giveth also to her husband with her, and he doth eat;

⁷ and the eyes of them both are opened, and they know that they `are' naked, and they sew fig-leaves, and make to themselves girdles.

¹² Though he doth sweeten evil in his mouth, Doth hide it under his tongue,

¹³ Hath pity on it, and doth not forsake it, And keep it back in the midst of his palate,

¹⁴ His food in his bowels is turned, The bitterness of asps `is' in his heart.

¹⁵ Wealth he hath swallowed, and doth vomit it. From his belly God driveth it out.

¹⁶ Gall of asps he sucketh, Slay him doth the tongue of a viper.

¹⁷ He looketh not on rivulets, Flowing of brooks of honey and butter.

¹⁸ He is giving back `what' he laboured for, And doth not consume `it'; As a bulwark `is' his exchange, and he exults not.

¹⁹ For he oppressed -- he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it.

²⁰ For he hath not known ease in his belly. With his desirable thing he delivereth not himself.

¹⁷ For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.