Proverbs 6:26
“For by meanes of a whorish woman, a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteresse will hunt for the precious life.”
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Proverbs 6:26 Context
24To keepe thee from the euill woman, from the flatterie of the tongue of a strange woman. 25Lust not after her beautie in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. 26For by meanes of a whorish woman, a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteresse will hunt for the precious life. 27Can a man take fire in his bosome, and his clothes not be burnt? 28Can one goe vpon hote coales, and his feete not be burnt?
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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.
- King James Version
For on account of a harlot {one is reduced} to a loaf of bread, And an adulteress hunts for the precious life.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For on account of a harlot `a man is brought' to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.
- Basic English Bible
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.
- Darby Bible
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.
- Webster's Bible
For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
- World English Bible
For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.
- Youngs Literal Bible
For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a loaf of bread, but the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible