For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.
The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
For they eat the bread of wickedness - By privately stealing.
And drink the wine of violence - By highway robbery.
i. e., Bread and wine gained by unjust deeds. Compare Amos 2:8. A less probable interpretation is, "They eat wickedness as bread, and drink violence as wine." Compare Job 15:16; Job 34:7.
4:17 For - Wickedness is as pleasant to them as their bread.