Proverbs 6:29
27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
- KJV
- So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
- WEB
- So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.
- ASV
- So he that goeth in to his neighbor`s wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.
- DARBY
- So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife: whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
- BLB
- So [is] the one coming in to the wife of his neighbor; anyone who touches her shall not be innocent.
- ÅB
- Slik blir det med den som går inn til sin nestes hustru; ingen blir ustraffet som rører henne.
- OTB
- Slik er den som går inn til sin nabos kone; den som rører henne vil ikke gå ustraffet.
- B1930
- Slik blir det med den som går inn til sin næstes hustru; ingen blir ustraffet som rører henne.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 7:1
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Read in contextLeviticus 20:10
And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
Read in context2 Samuel 12:9–10
Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
Read in contextEzekiel 22:11
And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.
Read in contextMalachi 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
Read in context2 Samuel 11:3–4
And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
Read in contextGenesis 26:10–11
And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
Read in contextGenesis 12:18–19
And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
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