"Stolen water is sweet; And bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant."
Stolen waters are sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
Stolen waters (pleasures) are sweet [because they are forbidden]; and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. [Prov. 20:17.]
“Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is pleasant.”
"Stolen waters are more soothing, and secret bread is more pleasant."