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OET (OET-RV) No OET-RV PRO 6:26 verse available
OET-LV DOM [the]_price a_woman a_prostitute [is]_to a_round_loaf of_bread and_wife of_a_man a_life precious she_hunts.
UHB כִּ֤י בְעַד־אִשָּׁ֥ה זוֹנָ֗ה עַֽד־כִּכַּ֫ר לָ֥חֶם וְאֵ֥שֶׁת אִ֑ישׁ נֶ֖פֶשׁ יְקָרָ֣ה תָצֽוּד׃פ ‡
(ⱪiy ⱱəˊad-ʼishshāh zōnāh ˊad-ⱪiⱪar lāḩem vəʼēshet ʼiysh nefesh yəqārāh tāʦūd.◊)
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ULT For the price of a prostitute woman is as a loaf of bread,
⇔ but the wife of a man hunts a precious life.
UST Do not do so because, although having sex with a prostitute only costs you the price of a cheap meal,
⇔ an adulterous married woman will cause you to die.
BSB For the levy of the prostitute is poverty,[fn]
⇔ and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
6:26 Literally a crust of bread
OEB For, while harlotry costs but a morsel of bread,
⇔ ’Tis the precious life the adulteress hunts.
WEB For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread.
⇔ The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
NET for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread,
⇔ but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.
LSV For a harlot consumes to a cake of bread,
And an adulteress hunts the precious soul.
FBV You can buy a prostitute for the price of a loaf of bread, but adultery with another man's wife can cost you your life.
T4T Do not forget that you can hire a prostitute for only a loaf of bread,
⇔ but if you sleep with another man’s wife, ◄it may cost you/you may lose► your life.
LEB • the price of a woman, a prostitute,[fn]is the price of a loaf of bread, but the[fn] hunts precious life.
¶
BBE For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.
MOF No MOF PRO book available
JPS For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a loaf of bread, but the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
ASV For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread;
⇔ And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
DRA For the price of a harlot is scarce one loaf: but the woman catcheth the precious soul of a man.
YLT For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.
DBY for by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a loaf of bread, and another's wife doth hunt for the precious soul.
RV For on account of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
WBS For by means of a lewd woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
KJB 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.[fn]
(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.)
6.26 the adulteress: Heb. the woman of a man, or, a man’s wife
BB By an harlot a man is brought to beg his bread, and a woman wyll hunte for the pretious life of man.
(By an harlot a man is brought to beg his bread, and a woman will hunte for the pretious life of man.)
GNV For because of the whorish woman a man is brought to a morsell of bread, and a woman wil hunt for the precious life of a man.
(For because of the whorish woman a man is brought to a morsell of bread, and a woman will hunt for the precious life of a man. )
CB An harlot wil make a ma to begg his bred, but a maried woman wil hunt for ye precious life.
(An harlot will make a man to begg his bred, but a married woman will hunt for ye/you_all precious life.)
WYC For the prijs of an hoore is vnnethe of o loof; but a womman takith the preciouse soule of a man.
(For the price of an hoore is unnethe of o loof; but a woman takith the preciouse soule of a man.)
LUT Denn eine Hure bringet einen ums Brot; aber ein Eheweib fähet das edle Leben.
(Because one Hure bringet a ums Brot; but a Eheweib fähet the edle Leben.)
CLV pretium enim scorti vix est unius panis, mulier autem viri pretiosam animam capit.
(pretium because scorti vix it_is unius panis, mulier however viri pretiosam animam capit. )
BRN For the value of a harlot is as much as of one loaf; and a woman hunts for the precious souls of men.
BrLXX Τιμὴ γὰρ πόρνης ὅση καὶ ἑνὸς ἄρτου, γυνὴ δὲ ἀνδρῶν τιμίας ψυχὰς ἀγρεύει.
(Timaʸ gar pornaʸs hosaʸ kai henos artou, gunaʸ de andrōn timias psuⱪas agreuei. )
6:26 Sleeping with a prostitute has consequences, and sleeping with another man’s wife can cost you your life. Her husband will seek revenge (6:34-35), and God is watching in judgment.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
כִּ֤י
that/for/because/then/when
For here indicates that what follows is a reason for the commands in the previous verse. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a reason for what came before. Alternate translation: “Do not do those things because”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / possession
בְעַד־אִשָּׁ֥ה זוֹנָ֗ה
fee woman/wife prostitute's
Here Solomon is using the possessive form to refer to the price that a person pays to have sex with a prostitute woman. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly or use a euphemism for this idea. Alternate translation: “the price to sleep with a prostitute woman”
Note 3 topic: translate-unknown
כִּכַּ֫ר לָ֥חֶם
loaf bread
In this culture, a loaf of bread was inexpensive daily food. A loaf of bread is a lump of flour dough that a person has shaped and baked. If your readers would not be familiar with bread should could use the name of an inexpensive food that is commonly eaten in your country or you could use a general expression. Alternate translation: “inexpensive food”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וְאֵ֥שֶׁת אִ֑ישׁ
and,wife (a)_man
Here Solomon implies that this wife of a man is an adulterous woman. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “but a married woman who commits adultery”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
נֶ֖פֶשׁ יְקָרָ֣ה תָצֽוּד
creature precious hunts
Here Solomon speaks of a adulterous woman causing the man she commits adultery with to die as if she hunts him the way a hunter hunts an animal. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “kills a precious life”