Parallel Verses
Amplified
For on account of a prostitute one is reduced to a piece of bread [to be eaten up],
And the immoral woman hunts [with a hook] the precious life [of a man].
New American Standard Bible
And
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.
Holman Bible
but an adulteress
International Standard Version
because the price of a whore is a loaf of bread, and an adulterous woman stalks a man's precious life.
A Conservative Version
For the price of a harlot is as much as a piece of bread, but the adulteress hunts for the precious life.
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.
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.
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.
Julia Smith Translation
For by a woman a harlot, even to a round of bread: and a man's wife will hunt the precious soul.
King James 2000
For by means of a harlot a man is reduced to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will prey upon his precious life.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For [the] price of a woman, a prostitute, [is the] price of a loaf of bread, but the {woman belonging to a man} hunts precious life.
Modern King James verseion
For by means of a harlot a man comes to a piece of bread; and another man's wife will hunt for the precious life.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A harlot will make a man to beg his bread, but a married woman will hunt for the precious life.
NET Bible
for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.
New Heart English Bible
For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
The Emphasized Bible
Because, for the sake of an impure woman, a man may be brought even to a cake of bread, - and, a man's wife, for a precious soul, may hunt!
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.
Themes
Adultery » Adulterers and adulteresses
Whoredom » The reward for whoredom
Topics
Interlinear
Zanah
Lechem
Yaqar
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 6:26
Prayers for Proverbs 6:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Commandment And Instruction As Guardians
25
Do not desire (lust after) her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her capture you with her eyelashes.
For on account of a prostitute one is reduced to a piece of bread [to be eaten up],
And the immoral woman hunts [with a hook] the precious life [of a man].
Can a man take fire to his chest
And his clothes not be burned?
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 29:3
A man who loves [skillful and godly] wisdom makes his father joyful,
But he who associates with prostitutes wastes his wealth.
1 Samuel 2:36
And it will happen that everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread and say, “Please assign me to one of the priest’s offices so I may eat a piece of bread.”’”
Proverbs 5:10
And strangers will be filled with your strength
And your hard-earned wealth will go to the house of a foreigner [who does not know God];
Genesis 39:14
she called to the men of her household and said to them, “Look at this, your master has brought a Hebrew [into the household] to mock and insult us; he came to me to lie with me, and I screamed.
Proverbs 7:23
Until an arrow pierced his liver [with a mortal wound];
Like a bird fluttering straight into the net,
He did not know that it would cost him his life.
Proverbs 29:8
Scoffers set a city afire [by stirring up trouble],
But wise men turn away anger [and restore order with their good judgment].
Ezekiel 13:8
Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “Because you have spoken empty and delusive words and have seen lies, therefore behold, I am against you,” says the Lord God.
Ezekiel 13:18
and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Woe to the women who fasten magic (protective) charms on all wrists and make veils for the heads of those of every stature to capture [human] lives! Will you capture the lives of My people but keep your own?
Luke 15:13-15
Luke 15:30