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Proverbs 6:26

26  for vthe price of a prostitute is only wa loaf of bread,7

but a married woman8 xhunts down a precious life.

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Proverbs 6:26 — The New International Version (NIV)

26 For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread,

but another man’s wife preys on your very life.

Proverbs 6:26 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

26 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.

Proverbs 6:26 — New Living Translation (NLT)

26 For a prostitute will bring you to poverty,

but sleeping with another man’s wife will cost you your life.

Proverbs 6:26 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

26 For by means of a harlot

A man is reduced to a crust of bread;

And an adulteress will prey upon his precious life.

Proverbs 6:26 — New Century Version (NCV)

26 A prostitute will treat you like a loaf of bread,

and a woman who takes part in adultery may cost you your life.

Proverbs 6:26 — American Standard Version (ASV)

26 For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread;

And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

Proverbs 6:26 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

26 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.

Proverbs 6:26 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

26 A prostitute’s price is ⸤only⸥ a loaf of bread, 

but a married woman hunts for ⸤your⸥ life itself. 

Proverbs 6:26 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

26 For a prostitute’s fee is only a loaf of bread,

but an adulteress goes after a precious life.

Proverbs 6:26 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

26 for a prostitute’s fee is only a loaf of bread,

but the wife of another stalks a man’s very life.

Proverbs 6:26 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

26 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.

Proverbs 6:26 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

26 A prostitute leaves you with only a loaf of bread.

Another man’s wife hunts your very life.

Proverbs 6:26 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

26 For on account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread,

And an adulteress hunts for the precious life.


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