Proverbs 6:28–29
Proverbs 6:28–29 — The New International Version (NIV)
28 Can a man walk on hot coals
without his feet being scorched?
29 So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife;
no one who touches her will go unpunished.
Proverbs 6:28–29 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
28 Can one go upon hot coals,
And his feet not be burned?
29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife;
Whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
Proverbs 6:28–29 — New Living Translation (NLT)
28 Can he walk on hot coals
and not blister his feet?
29 So it is with the man who sleeps with another man’s wife.
He who embraces her will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 6:28–29 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
28 Can one walk on hot coals,
And his feet not be seared?
29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife;
Whoever touches her shall not be innocent.
Proverbs 6:28–29 — New Century Version (NCV)
28 and you cannot walk on hot coals
without burning your feet.
29 The same is true if you have sexual relations with another man’s wife.
Anyone who does so will be punished.
Proverbs 6:28–29 — American Standard Version (ASV)
28 Or can one walk upon hot coals,
And his feet not be scorched?
29 So he that goeth in to his neighbor’s wife;
Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.
Proverbs 6:28–29 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched? 29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife: whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
Proverbs 6:28–29 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
28 Can anyone walk on red-hot coals
without burning his feet?
29 So it is with a man who has sex with his neighbor’s wife.
None who touch her will escape punishment.
Proverbs 6:28–29 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
28 Can a man walk on burning coals
without scorching his feet?
29 So it is with the one who sleeps with
another man’s wife;
no one who touches her will go unpunished.
Proverbs 6:28–29 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
28 Or can one walk on hot coals
without scorching the feet?
29 So is he who sleeps with his neighbor’s wife;
no one who touches her will go unpunished.
Proverbs 6:28–29 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
28 If a man walks upon the hot coals,
will his feet not be burned?
29 Thus, he who goes to the wife of his neighbor,
any who touches her shall not go unpunished.
Proverbs 6:28–29 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
28 You can’t walk on hot coals
without burning your feet.
29 It’s the same for anyone who has sex with another man’s wife.
Anyone who touches her will be punished.
Proverbs 6:28–29 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
28 Or can a man walk on hot coals
And his feet not be scorched?
29 So is the one who goes in to his neighbor’s wife;
Whoever touches her will not go unpunished.