Proverbs 6:26

Translation Comparison (18 available)

Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּ֤י בְעַד אִשָּׁ֥ה זוֹנָ֗ה עַֽד כִּכַּ֫ר לָ֥חֶם וְ/אֵ֥שֶׁת אִ֑ישׁ נֶ֖פֶשׁ יְקָרָ֣ה תָצֽוּד
English Translation
For the sake of a promiscuous woman, one may come to a loaf of bread, but the wife of a man is a precious soul that one may ensnare.

For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.

for by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a loaf of bread, and another's wife doth hunt for the precious soul.

For the price of a harlot is scarce one loaf: but the woman catcheth the precious soul of a man.

For on account of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

Can you put fire in your lap and not burn your clothes?

For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

For because of the whorish woman a man is brought to a morsell of bread, and a woman wil hunt for the precious life of a man.

For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

For a harlot consumes to a cake of bread, || And an adulteress hunts the precious soul.

For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

For a prostitute will bring you to poverty,<br>but sleeping with another man’s wife will cost you your life.<br>

For by means of a lewd woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.