Proverbs 6:26
New King James Version
26 For (A)by means of a harlot
A man is reduced to a crust of bread;
(B)And [a]an adulteress will (C)prey upon his precious life.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:26 Wife of another, lit. a man’s wife
Proverbs 6:26
American Standard Version
26 For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread;
And [a]the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:26 Hebrew a man’s wife.
Proverbs 23:26-28
New King James Version
26 My son, give me your heart,
And let your eyes observe my ways.
27 (A)For a harlot is a deep pit,
And a seductress is a narrow well.
28 (B)She also lies in wait as for a victim,
And increases the unfaithful among men.
Proverbs 23:26-28
American Standard Version
26 My son, give me thy heart;
And let thine eyes [a]delight in my ways.
27 For a harlot is a deep ditch;
And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.
28 Yea, she lieth in wait [b]as a robber,
And increaseth the treacherous among men.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:26 Another reading is, observe
- Proverbs 23:28 Or, as for a prey
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