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Proverbs 6:26

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26For uby means of a whorish woman a man is brought to xa piece of bread:

And †the adulteress will yhunt for zthe precious life.

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Footnotes

  1. uSo ch. 29:3.
  2. xSee 1 Sam. 2:36. Comp. ch. 28:21.
  3. †Heb. the woman of a man, or, a man’s wife.
  4. zSo Job 2:4.

Cross references

  1. yEzek. 13:18.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

for the price of a prostitute is only a loaf of bread,

but a married woman hunts down a precious life.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

but the wife of another man goes after a precious life.

NLTNew Living Translation

For a prostitute will bring you to poverty,

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

LEBThe Lexham English 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.