Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

for by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a loaf of bread, and another's wife doth hunt for the precious soul.

New American Standard Bible

For on account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread,
And an adulteress hunts for the precious life.

King James Version

For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

Holman Bible

For a prostitute’s fee is only a loaf of bread,
but an adulteress goes after a precious life.

International Standard Version

because the price of a whore is a loaf of bread, and an adulterous woman stalks a man's precious life.

A Conservative Version

For the price of a harlot is as much as a piece of bread, but the adulteress hunts for the precious life.

American Standard Version

For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

Amplified


For on account of a prostitute one is reduced to a piece of bread [to be eaten up],
And the immoral woman hunts [with a hook] the precious life [of a man].

Bible in Basic English

For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.

Julia Smith Translation

For by a woman a harlot, even to a round of bread: and a man's wife will hunt the precious soul.

King James 2000

For by means of a harlot a man is reduced to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will prey upon his precious life.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For [the] price of a woman, a prostitute, [is the] price of a loaf of bread, but the {woman belonging to a man} hunts precious life.

Modern King James verseion

For by means of a harlot a man comes to a piece of bread; and another man's wife will hunt for the precious life.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

A harlot will make a man to beg his bread, but a married woman will hunt for the precious life.

NET Bible

for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.

New Heart English Bible

For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

The Emphasized Bible

Because, for the sake of an impure woman, a man may be brought even to a cake of bread, - and, a man's wife, for a precious soul, may hunt!

Webster

For by means of a lewd woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

World English Bible

For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

Youngs Literal Translation

For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For by means of
בּעד 
B@`ad 
at, for, by, over, upon, about, up, through
Usage: 104

זנה 
Zanah 
Usage: 93

נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

a man is brought to a piece
כּכר 
Kikkar 
Usage: 68

of bread
לחם 
Lechem 
Usage: 298

and the adulteress
נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

will hunt
צוּד 
Tsuwd 
Usage: 18

References

Easton

Smith

Context Readings

Commandment And Instruction As Guardians

25 Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids; 26 for by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a loaf of bread, and another's wife doth hunt for the precious soul. 27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned?

Cross References

Proverbs 29:3

Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father; but he that is a companion of harlots destroyeth his substance.

1 Samuel 2:36

And it shall come to pass that every one that is left of thy house shall come to crouch to him for a small piece of silver and for a cake of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priestly offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.

Proverbs 5:10

lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil come into the house of a stranger;

Genesis 39:14

that she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, See, he has brought in a Hebrew man to us, to mock us: he came in to me, to lie with me; and I cried with a loud voice;

Proverbs 7:23

till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.

Proverbs 29:8

Scornful men set the city in a flame; but the wise turn away anger.

Ezekiel 13:8

Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye speak vanity, and have seen lies, therefore behold, I am against you, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Ezekiel 13:18

and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe unto the women that sew pillows for all wrists, and that make veils for the head of persons of every stature to catch souls! Will ye catch the souls of my people, and will ye save your own souls alive?

Luke 15:13-15

And after not many days the younger son gathering all together went away into a country a long way off, and there dissipated his property, living in debauchery.

Luke 15:30

but when this thy son, who has devoured thy substance with harlots, is come, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

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