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.
In context
24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
26 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.
27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
Proverbs 6:26 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
- ASV American Standard Version
- For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.
- DBY Darby Translation
- 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.
- WBS Webster Bible
- 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.