Proverbs 6:26
Warnings against Adultery
25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes. 26For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life. 27Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?
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Berean Standard Bible
For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
American Standard Version (1901)
For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread;
And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
Bible in Basic English
For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.
Douay-Rheims 1899
For the price of a harlot is scarce one loaf: but the woman catcheth the precious soul of a man.
Free Bible Version
You can buy a prostitute for the price of a loaf of bread, but adultery with another man's wife can cost you your life.
Geneva Bible 1599
For because of the whorish woman a man is brought to a morsell of bread, and a woman wil hunt for the precious life of a man.
King James (Authorized) 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.
One Unity Resource Bible
For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
Translation for Translators
Do not forget that you can hire a prostitute for only a loaf of bread, but if you sleep with another man’s wife, ◄it may cost you/you may lose► your life.
Unlocked Literal Bible
Sleeping with a prostitute can cost the price of a loaf of bread,
but the wife of another may cost you your very life.
Noah 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.
World English Bible
For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
Young's Literal Translation
For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.