Proverbs 6:34

In 11 translations

BSB

For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.

KJV

For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

WEB

For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won’t spare in the day of vengeance.

ASV

For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

LSV

For jealousy [is] the fury of a man, || And he does not spare in a day of vengeance.

YLT

For jealousy [is] the fury of a man, And he doth not spare in a day of vengeance.

DBY

For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance;

DRC

Because the jealousy and rage of the husband will not spare in the day of revenge,

GNV

For ielousie is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

JPS

For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

LXXE

For the soul of her husband is full of jealousy: he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּֽי־קִנְאָ֥ה חֲמַת־גָּ֑בֶר וְלֹֽא־יַ֝חְמ֗וֹל בְּי֣וֹם נָקָֽם׃

LXX-Br

Μεστὸς γὰρ ζήλου θυμὸς ἀνδρὸς αὐτῆς, οὐ φείσεται ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κρίσεως.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 27:4Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
• Numbers 5:14and if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself—or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself—
• Song of Songs 8:6Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.
• 1 Corinthians 10:22Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
• Numbers 25:11“Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the Israelites; for he was zealous for My sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in My zeal.
• Judges 19:29–30When he reached his house, he picked up a knife, took hold of his concubine, cut her limb by limb into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel. And everyone who saw it said, “Nothing like this…

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