Proverbs 6:26
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.
KJV
pretium enim scorti vix est unius panis, mulier autem viri pretiosam animam capit.
Vulgate
τιμὴ γὰρ πόρνης ὅση καὶ ἑνὸς ἄρτου, γυνὴ δὲ ἀνδρῶν τιμίας ψυχὰς ἀγρεύει.
LXX
For on account of a harlota man is broughtto a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
ASV
כִּ֤י בְעַד אִשָּׁ֥ה זוֹנָ֗ה עַֽד כִּכַּ֫ר לָ֥חֶם וְ/אֵ֥שֶׁת אִ֑ישׁ נֶ֖פֶשׁ יְקָרָ֣ה תָצֽוּד
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
בְּעַ֥ד
b'd
adverb · 103×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
זוֹנָ֔ה
zvnh
verb · 92×
י
y
noun · 752×
יְקָרָ֑ה
yqrh
noun · 35×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כִּכַּר
kkr
noun · 68×
לֶ֣חֶם
lchm
noun · 297×
נִי
ny
verb · 18×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 5.—Of the Obscenities Practiced in Honor of the Mother of the Gods. In this matter I would prefer to have as my assessors in judgment, not those men who rather take pleasure in these infamous customs than take pains to put an end to them, but that same Scipio Nasica who was chosen by the senate as the citizen most worthy to receive in his hands the image of that demon C…
Cross-references
- 1Sam 2:36 — And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the prie
- Gen 39:14 — That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
- Luke 15:30 — But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
- Prov 29:3 — Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
- Prov 29:3 — Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.