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Proverbs 20:17 Interlinear

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

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Proverbs 20 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	עָרֵ֣ב	H6156	is sweet	pleasant
2	לָ֭אִישׁ	H376	to a man	a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
3	לֶ֣חֶם	H3899	Bread	food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
4	שָׁ֑קֶר	H8267	of deceit	an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
5	וְ֝אַחַ֗ר	H310	but afterwards	properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
6	יִמָּֽלֵא	H4390	shall be filled	to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
7	פִ֥יהוּ	H6310	his mouth	the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
8	חָצָֽץ׃	H2687	with gravel	properly, something cutting; hence, gravel (as grit); an arrow

Proverbs 20:17 (current)is sweet to a man Bread of deceit but afterwards shall be filled his mouth with gravel