Proverbs 6:26 — compare English translations
Compare translationsProverbs 6:26 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
כִּ֤י
kîy
H3588
that
בְעַד
bᵉʻad
H1157
behind
אִשָּׁ֥ה
ʼishshâh
H802
woman
זוֹנָ֗ה
zânâh
H2181
to commit fornication
עַֽד
ʻad
H5704
until
כִּכַּ֫ר
kikkâr
H3603
round
לָ֥חֶם
lechem
H3899
bread
וְאֵ֥שֶׁת
ʼishshâh
H802
woman
אִ֑ישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
נֶ֖פֶשׁ
nephesh
H5315
soul
יְקָרָ֣ה
yâqâr
H3368
precious
תָצֽוּד
tsûwd
H6679
to hunt
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World English Bible Public Domain
For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
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King James Version Public Domain
For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For the price of a prostitute woman as a loaf of bread, but the wife of a man hunts a precious life.
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