Proverbs 6:26
New International Version
26 For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread,
but another man’s wife preys on your very life.(A)
Proverbs 6:26
King James Version
26 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.
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Proverbs 6:26
New King James Version
26 For (A)by means of a harlot
A man is reduced to a crust of bread;
(B)And [a]an adulteress will (C)prey upon his precious life.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:26 Wife of another, lit. a man’s wife
Proverbs 6:26
English Standard Version
26 for (A)the price of a prostitute is only (B)a loaf of bread,[a]
but a married woman[b] (C)hunts down a precious life.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:26 Or (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate) for a prostitute leaves a man with nothing but a loaf of bread
- Proverbs 6:26 Hebrew a man's wife
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