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Proverbs 6:26

Context
NETBible

for on account 1  of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man 2  preys on your precious life. 3 

NIV ©

biblegateway Pro 6:26

for the prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

NASB ©

biblegateway Pro 6:26

For on account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread, And an adulteress hunts for the precious life.

NLT ©

biblegateway Pro 6:26

For a prostitute will bring you to poverty, and sleeping with another man’s wife may cost you your very life.

MSG ©

biblegateway Pro 6:26

You can buy an hour with a whore for a loaf of bread, but a wanton woman may well eat you alive.

BBE ©

SABDAweb Pro 6:26

For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man’s wife goes after one’s very life.

NRSV ©

bibleoremus Pro 6:26

for a prostitute’s fee is only a loaf of bread, but the wife of another stalks a man’s very life.

NKJV ©

biblegateway Pro 6:26

For by means of a harlot A man is reduced to a crust of bread; And an adulteress will prey upon his precious life.

[+] More English

KJV
For by means of
<01157>
a whorish
<02181> (8802)
woman
<0802>
[a man is brought] to a piece
<03603>
of bread
<03899>_:
and the adulteress
<0802> <0376>
will hunt
<06679> (8799)
for the precious
<03368>
life
<05315>_.
{the adulteress: Heb. the woman of a man, or, a man's wife}
NASB ©

biblegateway Pro 6:26

For on account
<01157>
of a harlot
<02181>
one is reduced to a loaf
<03603>
of bread
<03899>
, And an adulteress
<0802>
<376> hunts
<06679>
for the precious
<03368>
life
<05315>
.
LXXM
timh
<5092
N-NSF
gar
<1063
PRT
pornhv
<4204
N-GSF
osh
<3745
A-NSF
kai
<2532
CONJ
enov
<1519
A-GSM
artou
<740
N-GSM
gunh
<1135
N-NSF
de
<1161
PRT
andrwn
<435
N-GPM
timiav
<5093
A-GSF
qucav
<5590
N-GSF
agreuei
<64
V-PAI-3S
NET [draft] ITL
for
<03588>
on
<01157>
account of a prostitute
<02181>
one is brought down to
<05704>
a loaf
<03603>
of bread
<03899>
, but the wife
<0802>
of another man
<0376>
preys on
<06679>
your precious
<03368>
life
<05315>
.
HEBREW
P
dwut
<06679>
hrqy
<03368>
spn
<05315>
sya
<0376>
tsaw
<0802>
Mxl
<03899>
rkk
<03603>
de
<05704>
hnwz
<02181>
hsa
<0802>
deb
<01157>
yk (6:26)
<03588>

NETBible

for on account 1  of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man 2  preys on your precious life. 3 

NET Notes

tn The word בְעַד (bÿad) may be taken either as “on account of” (= by means of a) prostitute (cf. ASV, NASB), or “for the price of” a prostitute (cf. NAB). Most expositors take the first reading, though that use of the preposition is unattested, and then must supply “one is brought to.” The verse would then say that going to a prostitute can bring a man to poverty, but going to another man’s wife can lead to death. If the second view were taken, it would mean that one had a smaller price than the other. It is not indicating that one is preferable to the other; both are to be avoided.

tn Heb “the wife of a man.”

tn These two lines might be an example of synthetic parallelism, that is, “A, what’s more B.” The A-line describes the detrimental moral effect of a man going to a professional prostitute; the B-line heightens this and describes the far worse effect – moral and mortal! – of a man committing adultery with another man’s wife. When a man goes to a prostitute, he lowers himself to become nothing more than a “meal ticket” to sustain the life of that woman; however, when a man commits adultery, he places his very life in jeopardy – the rage of the husband could very well kill him.




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