Modern Translations New International VersionFor a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread, but another man's wife preys on your very life. New Living Translation For a prostitute will bring you to poverty, but sleeping with another man’s wife will cost you your life. English Standard Version for the price of a prostitute is only a loaf of bread, but a married woman hunts down a precious life. Berean Study Bible For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life. New American Standard Bible For the price of a prostitute reduces one to a loaf of bread, And an adulteress hunts for a precious life. NASB 1995 For on account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread, And an adulteress hunts for the precious life. NASB 1977 For on account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread, And an adulteress hunts for the precious life. Amplified Bible For 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]. 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible For a prostitute's fee is only a loaf of bread, but an adulteress goes after a precious life. Contemporary English Version A woman who sells her love can be bought for as little as the price of a meal. But making love to another man's wife will cost you everything. 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation A prostitute's price is [only] a loaf of bread, but a married woman hunts for [your] life itself. International Standard Version because the price of a whore is a loaf of bread, and an adulterous woman stalks a man's precious life. NET Bible 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. Classic Translations King James BibleFor by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. New King James Version For by means of a harlot A man is reduced to a crust of bread; And an adulteress will prey upon his precious life. King James 2000 Bible For by means of a harlot a man is reduced to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will prey upon his precious life. New Heart English Bible For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life. World English Bible For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life. American King James Version For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. American Standard Version For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life. A Faithful Version For by means of a harlot a man is vanquished to a piece of bread; and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. Darby Bible Translation 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 Revised Version For on account of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress hunteth for the precious life. Webster's Bible Translation For by means of a lewd woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. Early Modern Geneva Bible of 1587For because of the whorish woman a man is brought to a morsell of bread, and a woman wil hunt for the precious life of a man. Bishops' Bible of 1568 By an harlot Coverdale Bible of 1535 An harlot wil make a ma to begg his bred, but a maried woman wil hunt for ye precious life. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionFor a harlot consumes to a cake of bread, "" And an adulteress hunts the precious soul. Young's Literal Translation For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth. Smith's Literal Translation For by a woman a harlot, even to a round of bread: and a man's wife will hunt the precious soul. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor the price of a harlot is scarce one loaf: but the woman catcheth the precious soul of a man. Catholic Public Domain Version For the price of a prostitute is only one loaf. Yet the woman seizes the precious soul of a man. Translations from Aramaic Peshitta Holy Bible TranslatedFor the comparison of a woman who is a harlot is like a loaf of bread, and a man's wife hunts the precious soul. Lamsa Bible For the appearance of a harlot is tempting like a loaf of bread; and the adulteress hunts for the precious life. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a loaf of bread, But the adulteress hunteth for the precious life. Brenton Septuagint Translation For the value of a harlot is as much as of one loaf; and a woman hunts for the precious souls of men. |