Proverbs 6:26 Parallel Translations

A prostitute's price is only a loaf of bread, but a married woman hunts for your life itself.(GOD'S WORD®)

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.

ERV:

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

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.

Proverbs 6:26 Cross References

XREF:

Proverbs 5:9 Or you will give your vigor to others And your years to the cruel one;

Proverbs 5:10 And strangers will be filled with your strength And your hard-earned goods will go to the house of an alien;

Proverbs 7:23 Until an arrow pierces through his liver; As a bird hastens to the snare, So he does not know that it will cost him his life.

Proverbs 29:3 A man who loves wisdom makes his father glad, But he who keeps company with harlots wastes his wealth.

Ezekiel 13:18 and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Woe to the women who sew magic bands on all wrists and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature to hunt down lives! Will you hunt down the lives of My people, but preserve the lives of others for yourselves? (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

6:20-35 The word of God has something to say to us upon all occasions. Let not faithful reproofs ever make us uneasy. When we consider how much this sin abounds, how heinous adultery is in its own nature, of what evil consequence it is, and how certainly it destroys the spiritual life in the soul, we shall not wonder that the cautions against it are so often repeated. Let us notice the subjects of this chapter. Let us remember Him who willingly became our Surety, when we were strangers and enemies. And shall Christians, who have such prospects, motives, and examples, be slothful and careless? Shall we neglect what is pleasing to God, and what he will graciously reward? May we closely watch every sense by which poison can enter our minds or affections.

CONC:

Account Adulteress Adultress Another's Bread Cake Consumeth Goes Harlot Hired Hunt Hunteth Hunts Lewd Loaf Loose Man's One's Piece Precious Preys Prostitute Reduced Reduces Soul Stalks Whorish Wife

Account Adulteress Another's Bread Cake Consumeth Goes Harlot Hired Hunt Hunteth Hunts Life Means Piece Precious Preys Prostitute Reduced Reduces Stalks Whorish Wife

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