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Proverbs 9:17-18
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

17 ‘Stolen water is sweet,
    and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.’
18 But they do not know that the dead[a] are there,
    that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

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Proverbs 9:17-18
New International Version

17     “Stolen water is sweet;
    food eaten in secret is delicious!(A)”
18 But little do they know that the dead are there,
    that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.(B)

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