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: