Proverbs 6:30
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.
Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.
31 Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.
32 He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.
- KJV
- Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
- WEB
- Men don’t despise a thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry,
- ASV
- Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry:
- DARBY
- They do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:
- BLB
- They do not despise the thief if he steals to fill his soul when he is hungry,
- ÅB
- Blir ikke tyven foraktet, når han stjeler for å stille sin sult?
- OTB
- En tyv blir ikke foraktet hvis han stjeler for å stille sin sult når han sulter;
- B1930
- Blir ikke tyven foraktet, når han stjeler for å stille sin sult?