Proverbs 6:34
For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
Proverbs 6:34 in other translations
| BSB | For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance. |
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| WEB | For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won’t spare in the day of vengeance. |
| ASV | For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance. |
| YLT | For jealousy is the fury of a man, And he doth not spare in a day of vengeance. |
| DARBY | For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance; |
| BBE | For bitter is the wrath of an angry husband; in the day of punishment he will have no mercy. |
| Webster | For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. |
What does Proverbs 6:34 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 6:34-35
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 6:34 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 6:34
- Numbers 5:14
And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:
- Proverbs 27:4
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
- Song of Solomon 8:6
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
- 1 Corinthians 10:22
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
- Numbers 25:11
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
- Judges 19:29-30
And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel. And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds.
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Context
- 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.
- Proverbs 6:35
He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
Proverbs 6:34 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque los celos son el furor del hombre, y no perdonará en el día de la venganza. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | car dans l’homme, la jalousie est une fureur, et il n’épargnera pas au jour de la vengeance; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn Eifersucht ist eines Mannes Grimm, und am Tage der Rache schont er nicht. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | quia zelus et furor viri non parcet in die vindictæ, |