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Warnings against Adultery

Proverbs 6:35

In 11 translations

BSB
He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
KJV
He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.He will…: Heb. He will not accept the face of any ransom
WEB
He won’t regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.
ASV
He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
LSV
He does not accept the appearance of any atonement, || Indeed, he does not consent, || Though you multiply bribes!
YLT
He accepteth not the appearance of any atonement, Yea, he doth not consent, Though thou dost multiply bribes!
DBY
he will not regard any ransom, neither will he rest content though thou multipliest [thy] gifts.
DRC
Nor will he yield to any man’s prayers, nor will he accept for satisfaction ever so many gifts.
GNV
He cannot beare the sight of any raunsome: neither will he consent, though thou augment the giftes.
JPS
He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
LXXE
He will not forego his enmity for any ransom: neither will he be reconciled for many gifts.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
לֹא־יִ֭שָּׂא פְּנֵ֣י כָל־כֹּ֑פֶר וְלֹֽא־יֹ֝אבֶ֗ה כִּ֣י תַרְבֶּה־שֹֽׁחַד׃
LXX-Br
Οὐκ ἀνταλλάξεται οὐδενὸς λύτρου τὴν ἔχθραν, οὐδὲ μὴ διαλυθῇ πολλῶν δώρων.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 8:25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth,
  • Proverbs 7:13She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:
  • Proverbs 4:3When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,
  • 2 Kings 5:1Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a…
  • Isaiah 2:9So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled— do not forgive them!
  • Malachi 2:9“So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”

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