Proverbs 6:26

English Standard Version

²⁶for ^(A)the price of a prostitute is only ^(B)a loaf of bread,^[a]
but a married woman^[b] ^(C)hunts down a precious life.

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

Proverbs 6:26

Common English Bible

²⁶ for a prostitute costs a loaf of bread,^[a]
but a married woman hunts for a man’s very life.

²⁰This is the way of an adulteress:
she eats and wipes her mouth
and says, “I have done no wrong.”

²⁰This is the way of an adulterous woman:
she eats and wipes her mouth,
and she says, “I’ve done nothing wrong!”

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