Proverbs 6:26 | |
NASB: For on account of a harlot [one is reduced] to a loaf of bread, And an adulteress hunts for the precious life. (NASB ©1995) GWT: A prostitute's price is [only] a loaf of bread, but a married woman hunts for [your] life itself. (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life. ASV: For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life. BBE: For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life. DBY: 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. JPS: For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a loaf of bread, but the adulteress hunteth for the precious life. WBS: 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. WEB: For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life. YLT: For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth. | |
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