Proverbs 6:35
He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
Proverbs 6:35 in other translations
| BSB | He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts. |
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| WEB | He won’t regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts. |
| ASV | He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts. |
| YLT | He accepteth not the appearance of any atonement, Yea, he doth not consent, Though thou dost multiply bribes! |
| DARBY | he will not regard any ransom, neither will he rest content though thou multipliest thy gifts. |
| BBE | He will not take any payment; and he will not make peace with you though your money offerings are increased. |
| Webster | He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts. |
What does Proverbs 6:35 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 6:34-35
34-35. nor any terms of reconciliation be admitted. regard--or, "accept" any ransom.
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 6:35 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 6:35
- Proverbs 8:25
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
- 2 Kings 5:1
Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.
- Malachi 2:9
Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
- Isaiah 2:9
And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
- Proverbs 4:3
For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
- Proverbs 7:13
So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
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Context
- 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 6:35 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No tendrá respeto á ninguna redención; ni querrá perdonar, aunque multipliques los dones. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | il n’acceptera aucune propitiation, et ne se tiendra pas pour satisfait, quand tu multiplierais les présents. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Er nimmt keine Rücksicht auf irgendwelche Sühne und willigt nicht ein, magst du auch das Geschenk vergrößern. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | nec acquiescet cujusquam precibus, nec suscipiet pro redemptione dona plurima. |