²⁶ For by means of a harlot A man is reduced to a crust of bread; And an adulteress will prey upon his precious life.

²⁶ For a prostitute will bring you to poverty, but sleeping with another man's wife will cost you your life.

²⁶ You can buy an hour with a whore for a loaf of bread, but a wanton woman may well eat you alive.

²⁶ for the price of a prostitute is only a loaf of bread,[1] but a married woman[2] hunts down a precious life.