Proverbs 6:27
25 Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
26 For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?
28 Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?
29 So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?
- KJV
- Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
- WEB
- Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?
- ASV
- Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?
- DARBY
- Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned?
- BLB
- Can a man seize fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned?
- ÅB
- Kan noen hente ild i sitt fang uten hans klær brennes opp?
- OTB
- Kan en mann ta ild i fanget uten at klærne hans blir brent?
- B1930
- Kan nogen hente ild i sitt fang uten hans klær brennes op?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 31:9–12
If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,
Read in contextJames 3:5
In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.
Read in contextHosea 7:4–7
They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by a baker who needs not stoke the fire from the kneading to the rising of the dough.
Read in context