Proverbs 6:27

In 11 translations

BSB

Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?

KJV

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

WEB

Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?

ASV

Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?

LSV

Does a man take fire into his bosom, || And are his garments not burned?

YLT

Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt?

DBY

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned?

DRC

Can a man hide fire in his bosom, and his garments not burn?

GNV

Can a man take fire in his bosome, and his clothes not be burnt?

JPS

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

LXXE

Shall any one bind fire in his bosom, and not burn his garments?

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Original-language editions

WLC

הֲיַחְתֶּ֤ה אִ֓ישׁ אֵ֬שׁ בְּחֵיק֑וֹ וּ֝בְגָדָ֗יו לֹ֣א תִשָּׂרַֽפְנָה׃

LXX-Br

Ἀποδήσει τις πῦρ ἐν κόλπῳ, τὰ δὲ ἱμάτια οὐ κατακαύσει;

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 31:9–12If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door, then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her. For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be…
• Hosea 7:4–7They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by a baker who needs not stoke the fire from the kneading to the rising of the dough. The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those…
• James 3:5In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.

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