Proverbs 6:26

Proverbs 6:26 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

26For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread,

but another man’s wife preys on your very life.

26For the price of a prostitute reduces one to a loaf of bread,

And 6:26 Lit a man’s wifean adulteress hunts for a precious life.

26For on account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread,

And an adulteress hunts for the precious life.

26For on account of a prostitute one is reduced to a piece of bread [to be eaten up],

And the immoral woman hunts [with a hook] the precious life [of a man].

26For the levy of the prostitute is poverty,6:26 Literally a crust of bread

and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

26A prostitute can be bought for only a loaf of bread.

But another man’s wife hunts your very life.