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Proverbs 6:27

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

KJV

Numquid potest homo abscondere ignem in sinu suo, ut vestimenta illius non ardeant ?

Vulgate

ἀποδήσει τις πῦρ ἐν κόλπῳ, τὰ δὲ ἱμάτια οὐ κατακαύσει;

LXX

Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?

ASV

הֲ/יַחְתֶּ֤ה אִ֓ישׁ אֵ֬שׁ בְּ/חֵיק֑/וֹ וּ֝/בְגָדָ֗י/ו לֹ֣א תִשָּׂרַֽפְנָה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֵ֖שׁ
'sh
noun · 376×
ו
v
noun · 218×
חְתּ֥וֹת
chtvt
verb · 4×
ךָ
k
noun · 38×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
שָׂרַ֥ף
shrp
verb · 116×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Hos 7:4 — They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
  • Jas 3:5 — Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
  • Job 31:9 — If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;
  • Job 31:12 — For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
  • Prov 5:8 — Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: