Parallel Verses
Amplified
Can a man take fire to his chest
And his clothes not be burned?
New American Standard Bible
And his clothes not be burned?
King James Version
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Holman Bible
and his clothes not be burned?
International Standard Version
Can a man scoop fire into his bosom without burning his clothes?
A Conservative Version
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
American Standard Version
Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?
Bible in Basic English
May a man take fire to his breast without burning his clothing?
Darby Translation
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned?
Julia Smith Translation
A man taking fire in his bosom, shall his garments not be burnt?
King James 2000
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Can a man carry fire in his lap, and his clothes not burn?
Modern King James verseion
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
May a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burnt?
NET Bible
Can a man hold fire against his chest without burning his clothes?
New Heart English Bible
Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?
The Emphasized Bible
Can a man snatch up fire in his bosom, and, his clothes, not be burned?
Webster
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
World English Bible
Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?
Youngs Literal Translation
Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt?
Themes
Adultery » Adulterers and adulteresses
Whoredom » The reward for whoredom
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 6:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Warning Against Relations With A Married Woman
26
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?
Or can a man walk on hot coals
And his feet not be scorched?
Cross References
Job 31:9-12
“If my heart has been enticed and I was made a fool by a woman,
Or if I have [covetously] lurked at my neighbor’s door [until his departure],
Hosea 7:4-7
They are all adulterers;
Like the heat of an oven
When the baker ceases to stir the fire, [their passion smolders]
From the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
James 3:5
In the same sense, the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things.
See [by comparison] how great a forest is set on fire by a small spark!