23 For this command is a lamp,
    this teaching is a light,(A)
and correction and instruction
    are the way to life,(B)
24 keeping you from your neighbor’s wife,
    from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.(C)

25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty
    or let her captivate you with her eyes.

26 For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread,
    but another man’s wife preys on your very life.(D)
27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap
    without his clothes being burned?
28 Can a man walk on hot coals
    without his feet being scorched?
29 So is he who sleeps(E) with another man’s wife;(F)
    no one who touches her will go unpunished.

30 People do not despise a thief if he steals
    to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
31 Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,(G)
    though it costs him all the wealth of his house.
32 But a man who commits adultery(H) has no sense;(I)
    whoever does so destroys himself.
33 Blows and disgrace are his lot,
    and his shame will never(J) be wiped away.

34 For jealousy(K) arouses a husband’s fury,(L)
    and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
35 He will not accept any compensation;
    he will refuse a bribe, however great it is.(M)

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23 For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light,
    and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,(A)
24 to preserve you from the wife of another,[a]
    from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.[b](B)
25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
    and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes,(C)
26 for a prostitute’s fee is only a loaf of bread,[c]
    but the wife of another stalks a man’s precious life.(D)
27 Can fire be carried in the bosom
    without burning one’s clothes?
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.(E)
30 Thieves are not despised who steal only
    to satisfy their appetite when they are hungry.
31 Yet if they are caught, they will pay sevenfold;
    they will forfeit all the goods of their house.(F)
32 But he who commits adultery has no sense;
    he who does it destroys himself.(G)
33 He will get wounds and dishonor,
    and his disgrace will not be wiped away.
34 For jealousy arouses a husband’s fury,
    and he will show no restraint when he takes revenge.(H)
35 He will accept no compensation
    and will refuse a bribe no matter how great.

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Notas al pie

  1. 6.24 Gk: MT the evil woman
  2. 6.24 Heb alien woman
  3. 6.26 Cn Compare Gk Syr Vg Tg: Heb for because of a harlot to a piece of bread