Proverbs 6:26
Proverbs 6:26 New Living Translation (NLT)
For a prostitute will bring you to poverty, but sleeping with another man’s wife will cost you your life.
Proverbs 6:24-35 The Message (MSG)
They’ll protect you from promiscuous women, from the seductive talk of some temptress. Don’t lustfully fantasize on her beauty, nor be taken in by her bedroom eyes. You can buy an hour with a prostitute for a loaf of bread, but a promiscuous woman may well eat you alive. Can you build a fire in your lap and not burn your pants? Can you walk barefoot on hot coals and not get blisters? It’s the same when you have sex with your neighbor’s wife: Touch her and you’ll pay for it. No excuses. Hunger is no excuse for a thief to steal; When he’s caught he has to pay it back, even if he has to put his whole house in hock. Adultery is a brainless act, soul-destroying, self-destructive; Expect a bloody nose, a black eye, and a reputation ruined for good. For jealousy detonates rage in a cheated husband; wild for revenge, he won’t make allowances. Nothing you say or pay will make it all right; neither bribes nor reason will satisfy him.
Proverbs 6:26 King James Version (KJV)
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.
Proverbs 6:26 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
For on account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread, And an adulteress hunts for the precious life.
Proverbs 6:26 New Century Version (NCV)
A prostitute will treat you like a loaf of bread, and a woman who takes part in adultery may cost you your life.
Proverbs 6:26 American Standard Version (ASV)
For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
Proverbs 6:26 New International Version (NIV)
For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread, but another man’s wife preys on your very life.
Proverbs 6:26 New King James Version (NKJV)
For by means of a harlot A man is reduced to a crust of bread; And an adulteress will prey upon his precious life.
Proverbs 6:26 Amplified Bible (AMP)
For on account of a prostitute one is reduced to a piece of bread [to be eaten up], And the immoral woman hunts [with a hook] the precious life [of a man].