Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned? New Living Translation Can a man scoop a flame into his lap and not have his clothes catch on fire? English Standard Version Can a man carry fire next to his chest and his clothes not be burned? Berean Standard Bible Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned? King James Bible Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? New King James Version Can a man take fire to his bosom, And his clothes not be burned? New American Standard Bible Can anyone take fire in his lap And his clothes not be burned? NASB 1995 Can a man take fire in his bosom And his clothes not be burned? NASB 1977 Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned? Legacy Standard Bible Can a man take fire in his bosom And his clothes not be burned? Amplified Bible Can a man take fire to his chest And his clothes not be burned? Christian Standard Bible Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned? Holman Christian Standard Bible Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned? American Standard Version Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned? Aramaic Bible in Plain English Does a man put fire in his bosom and do his garments not burn? Brenton Septuagint Translation Shall any one bind fire in his bosom, and not burn his garments? Contemporary English Version If you carry burning coals, you burn your clothes; Douay-Rheims Bible Can a man hide fire in his bosom, and his garments not burn? English Revised Version Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? GOD'S WORD® Translation Can a man carry fire in his lap without burning his clothes? Good News Translation Can you carry fire against your chest without burning your clothes? International Standard Version Can a man scoop fire into his bosom without burning his clothes? JPS Tanakh 1917 Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned? Literal Standard Version Does a man take fire into his bosom, | And are his garments not burned? Majority Standard Bible Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned? New American Bible Can a man take embers into his bosom, and his garments not be burned? NET Bible Can a man hold fire against his chest without burning his clothes? New Revised Standard Version Can fire be carried in the bosom without burning one’s clothes? New Heart English Bible Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned? Webster's Bible Translation Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? World English Bible Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned? Young's Literal Translation Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Warnings Against Adultery…26For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life. 27Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned? 28Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?… Cross References Proverbs 6:26 For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life. Proverbs 6:28 Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet? Treasury of Scripture Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? Job 31:9-12 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; … Hosea 7:4-7 They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened… James 3:5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! Jump to Previous Bosom Breast Burned Burning Burnt Carry Clothes Clothing Fire Garments LapJump to Next Bosom Breast Burned Burning Burnt Carry Clothes Clothing Fire Garments LapProverbs 6 1. against indebtedness6. idleness 12. and mischievousness 16. seven things detestable to God 20. the blessings of obedience 25. the mischief of unfaithfulness Verse 27. - In this and the two following verses (28 and 29) the discourse proceeds from statement to illustration, and by examples of cause and effect the teacher shows "the moral necessity of the evil consequences of the sin of adultery" (Delitzsch). The meaning of the verses is plain enough, viz. that as it is in vain to suppose that a person's garment will not be burnt or his feet not be scorched if fire is brought near them, so it is equally inconceivable that a person indulging in adultery can escape its consequences or the retribution that follows. The two questions in vers. 27 and 28 imply a strong negative, and so prepare for the conclusion in ver. 30. Take fire. The Hebrew verb khathah signifies "to take burning or live coals from the hearth" (Placater); and hence is used here in a pregnant sense "to take from the hearth and place in" (cf. Proverbs 25:22, "For thou wilt take coals ['and heap them:' Hebrew, gekhalim khotheh] on his head"). The fuller expression is met with in Isaiah 30:14, "So that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth (lakh'toth esh miyyakud).'" The Vulgate renders by abscondere," to hide: Numquid potest homo absconders ignem; and the LXX. by ἀποδεῖν, equivalent to the Latin alligare "to tie or bind fast." Wordsworth explains "to take and heap up, as in a firepan or censer." In his bosom; Hebrew, b'kheyko; LXX., ἐν κόλπῳ; Vulgate, in sinu suo. The word kheyk is properly "an undulation" (Delitzsch). not the lap, but as in the Authorized Version here, "the bosom," and "the bosom of a garment" as in ch. 16:33; 17:23; 21:14. The answer to the question of this and the next verse is of course a decided negative, but we may note that the teacher compares adultery to a burning fire in its consequences. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Can a manאִ֓ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person embrace הֲיַחְתֶּ֤ה (hă·yaḥ·teh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2846: To lay hold of, to pick up fire fire אֵ֬שׁ (’êš) Noun - common singular Strong's 784: A fire and his clothes וּ֝בְגָדָ֗יו (ū·ḇə·ḡā·ḏāw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 899: A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no be burned? תִשָּׂרַֽפְנָה׃ (ṯiś·śā·rap̄·nāh) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural Strong's 8313: To be, on fire Links Proverbs 6:27 NIVProverbs 6:27 NLT Proverbs 6:27 ESV Proverbs 6:27 NASB Proverbs 6:27 KJV Proverbs 6:27 BibleApps.com Proverbs 6:27 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 6:27 Chinese Bible Proverbs 6:27 French Bible Proverbs 6:27 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 6:27 Can a man scoop fire into his (Prov. Pro Pr) |