Proverbs 6:27
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Proverbs 6:27 in other translations
| BSB | Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned? |
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| 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? |
| YLT | Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt? |
| DARBY | Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned? |
| BBE | May a man take fire to his breast without burning his clothing? |
| Webster | Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? |
What does Proverbs 6:27 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 6:27-29
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 6:20-35
The word of God has something to say to us upon all occasions. Let not faithful reproofs ever make us uneasy. When we consider how much this sin abounds, how heinous adultery is in its own nature, of what evil consequence it is, and how certainly it destroys the spiritual life in the soul, we shall not wonder that the cautions against it are so often repeated. Let us notice the subjects of this chapter. Let us…
Proverbs 6:27 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 6:27
- Job 31:9-12
If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door; Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
- James 3:5
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
- 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. In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners. For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire. They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Context
- Proverbs 6:26
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.
- Proverbs 6:27
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
- Proverbs 6:28
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
Proverbs 6:27 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Tomará el hombre fuego en su seno, sin que sus vestidos se quemen? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Un homme prendra-t-il du feu dans son sein sans que ses vêtements brûlent? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sollte jemand Feuer in seinen Busen nehmen, ohne daß seine Kleider verbrennten? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Numquid potest homo abscondere ignem in sinu suo, ut vestimenta illius non ardeant? |