Proverbs 6:26 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.

English ASV

For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

English Amplified

For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread, and the adulteress stalks and snares [as with a hook] the precious life [of a man].

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread, and the adulteress stalks and snares [as with a hook] the precious life [of a man].

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

For a prostitute’s fee is only a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man goes after a precious life.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

for by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a loaf of bread, and another's wife doth hunt for the precious soul.

English EASY 2024

If you sleep with a prostitute, that may cost the price of a meal. But if you sleep with another man's wife, you may pay with your life.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

A prostitute might cost a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man could cost you your life.

for the price of a prostitute is only a loaf of bread, but a married woman hunts down a precious life.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

A man can hire a prostitute for the price of a loaf of bread, but adultery will cost him all he has.

English God's Word - GW 1995

A prostitute's price is {only} a loaf of bread, but a married woman hunts for {your} life itself.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

For a prostitute's fee is only a loaf of bread, but an adulteress goes after [your] very life.

English KJV 1611

For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.

English LSB

For on account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread, And an adulteress hunts for the precious life.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

for the price of a prostitute leaves a man with a loaf of bread, and an adulteress preys upon his precious life.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

For on account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread, And an adulteress hunts for the precious life.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

For the price of a loose woman may be scarcely a loaf of bread, But if she is married, she is a trap for your precious life.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

A prostitute leaves you with only a loaf of bread. Another man's wife hunts your very life.

English NIV

for the prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

English NKJ 1982

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

English NLT

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

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

for a prostitute's fee is only a loaf of bread, but the wife of another stalks a man's very life.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Prostitutes reduce a man to poverty, and the adulteress steals your soul— she may even cost you your life!

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

for a harlot may be hired for a loaf of bread, but an adulteress stalks a man's very life.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

For a prostitute will bring a man to poverty, and an adulteress may cost him his very life.

English Tyndale 1537

An Harlot will make a man to beg his bread, but a married woman will hunt for the precious life.

Proverbs 6:26 — Compare Translations