26 For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread, but another man's wife preys on your very life.

Other Translations of Proverbs 6:26

King James Version

26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress the adulteress: Heb. the woman of a man, or, a man's wife will hunt for the precious life.

English Standard Version

26 for the price of a prostitute is only a loaf of bread,Or (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate) for a prostitute leaves a man with nothing but a loaf of bread but a married womanHebrew a man's wife hunts down a precious life.

The Message

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

New King James Version

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.

New Living Translation

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

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 6:26

Commentary on Proverbs 6:20-35

(Read Proverbs 6:20-35)

The word of God has something to say to us upon all occasions. Let not faithful reproofs ever make us uneasy. When we consider how much this sin abounds, how heinous adultery is in its own nature, of what evil consequence it is, and how certainly it destroys the spiritual life in the soul, we shall not wonder that the cautions against it are so often repeated. Let us notice the subjects of this chapter. Let us remember Him who willingly became our Surety, when we were strangers and enemies. And shall Christians, who have such prospects, motives, and examples, be slothful and careless? Shall we neglect what is pleasing to God, and what he will graciously reward? May we closely watch every sense by which poison can enter our minds or affections.

14 With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce the unstable; they are experts in greed-an accursed brood!

Other Translations of 2 Peter 2:14

King James Version

14 Having eyes full of adultery, adultery: Gr. an adulteress and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:

English Standard Version

14 They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!

The Message

14 They're obsessed with adultery, compulsive in sin, seducing every vulnerable soul they come upon. Their specialty is greed, and they're experts at it. Dead souls!

New King James Version

14 having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. They have a heart trained in covetous practices, and are accursed children.

New Living Translation

14 They commit adultery with their eyes, and their desire for sin is never satisfied. They lure unstable people into sin, and they are well trained in greed. They live under God's curse.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Peter 2:14

Commentary on 2 Peter 2:10-16

(Read 2 Peter 2:10-16)

Impure seducers and their abandoned followers, give themselves up to their own fleshly minds. Refusing to bring every thought to the obedience of Christ, they act against God's righteous precepts. They walk after the flesh, they go on in sinful courses, and increase to greater degrees of impurity and wickedness. They also despise those whom God has set in authority over them, and requires them to honour. Outward temporal good things are the wages sinners expect and promise themselves. And none have more cause to tremble, than those who are bold to gratify their sinful lusts, by presuming on the Divine grace and mercy. Many such there have been, and are, who speak lightly of the restraints of God's law, and deem themselves freed from obligations to obey it. Let Christians stand at a distance from such.