Mishle 6:24-26
Orthodox Jewish Bible
24 To be shomer over thee, keeping thee from the eshet rah, from the smooth lashon of the nokhriyah (strange woman).
25 Lust not after her beauty in thine lev; neither let her allure thee with her eyelids.
26 For by means of an isha zonah a man is reduced to a kikar lechem; and [another] man’s wife will prey on the nefesh yekara (precious soul).
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Proverbs 6:24-26
New King James Version
24 (A)To keep you from the evil woman,
From the flattering tongue of a seductress.
25 (B)Do not lust after her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her allure you with her eyelids.
26 For (C)by means of a harlot
A man is reduced to a crust of bread;
(D)And [a]an adulteress will (E)prey upon his precious life.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:26 Wife of another, lit. a man’s wife
Proverbs 6:24-26
English Standard Version
24 to preserve you from the evil woman,[a]
from the smooth tongue of (A)the adulteress.[b]
25 (B)Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
and do not let her capture you with her (C)eyelashes;
26 for (D)the price of a prostitute is only (E)a loaf of bread,[c]
but a married woman[d] (F)hunts down a precious life.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:24 Revocalization (compare Septuagint) yields from the wife of a neighbor
- Proverbs 6:24 Hebrew the foreign woman
- Proverbs 6:26 Or (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate) for a prostitute leaves a man with nothing but a loaf of bread
- Proverbs 6:26 Hebrew a man's wife
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