Proverbs 6 · Verse 33

Proverbs 6:33

A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
Proverbs 6:33, King James Version

Proverbs 6:33 in other translations

BSBWounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.
WEBHe will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away.
ASVWounds and dishonor shall he get; And his reproach shall not be wiped away.
YLTA stroke and shame he doth find, And his reproach is not wiped away,
DARBYA wound and contempt shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
BBEWounds will be his and loss of honour, and his shame may not be washed away.
WebsterA wound and dishonor shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

What does Proverbs 6:33 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
33. dishonour--or, "shame," as well as hurt of body (Pr 3:35). reproach ... away--No restitution will suffice;

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 33 A wound and dishonor shall he get - Among the Romans, when a man was caught in the fact, the injured husband took the law into his own hand; and a large radish was thrust up into the anus of the transgressor, which not only overwhelmed him with infamy and disgrace, but generally caused his death.

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…

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Proverbs 6:33 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

נֶֽגַע\־ne.ga'-a woundH5061
וְקָל֥וֹןve.ka.Lonand shameH7036
יִמְצָ֑אyim.Tza'he will findH4672
וְ֝חֶרְפָּת֗וֹve.cher.pa.Toand reproach hisH2781
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
תִמָּחֶֽה\׃ti.ma.Chehit will be wiped awayH4229

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 6:33

  • Proverbs 5:9-11

    Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

  • 1 Kings 15:5

    Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

  • Psalms 38:1-8

    A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. …

  • Nehemiah 13:26

    Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

  • Matthew 1:6

    And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;

  • Judges 16:19-21

    And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him. But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.

  • Psalms 51:8

    Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

  • Psalms 51:1

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath–sheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

  • Genesis 49:4

    Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A wound.
5:9-11; Jud 16:19-21; Ps 38:1-8; 51:8
and his.
Ge 49:4; 1Ki 15:5; Ne 13:26; Ps 51:1; *title
Mt 1:6

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Context

  • Proverbs 6:32

    But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

  • Proverbs 6:33

    A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

  • Proverbs 6:34

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

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Proverbs 6:33 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Plaga y vergüenza hallará; y su afrenta nunca será raída.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
il trouvera plaie et mépris, et son opprobre ne sera pas effacé;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Plage und Schande wird er finden, und seine Schmach wird nicht ausgelöscht werden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
turpitudinem et ignominiam congregat sibi, et opprobrium illius non delebitur: