Parallel Verses
King James 2000
So is he that goes in to his neighbor's wife; whosoever touches her shall not be innocent.
New American Standard Bible
Whoever touches her
King James Version
So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
Holman Bible
another man’s wife;
no one who touches her will go unpunished.
International Standard Version
So also is it with someone who has sex with his neighbor's wife; anyone touching her will not remain unpunished.
A Conservative Version
So [is] he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her shall not be unpunished.
American Standard Version
So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.
Amplified
So is the one who goes in to his neighbor’s wife;
Whoever touches her will not be found innocent or go unpunished.
Bible in Basic English
So it is with him who goes in to his neighbour's wife; he who has anything to do with her will not go free from punishment.
Darby Translation
So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife: whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
Julia Smith Translation
So he going in to his neighbor's wife; all touching upon her shall not be innocent
Lexham Expanded Bible
Thus, he who goes to the wife of his neighbor, any who touches her shall not go unpunished.
Modern King James verseion
So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; whoever touches her shall not be innocent.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Even so, whosoever goeth in to his neighbour's wife, and toucheth her, can not be unguilty.
NET Bible
So it is with the one who has sex with his neighbor's wife; no one who touches her will escape punishment.
New Heart English Bible
So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.
The Emphasized Bible
So, he that goeth in unto his neighbour's wife, no man shall be guiltless who toucheth her!
Webster
So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; whoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
World English Bible
So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.
Youngs Literal Translation
So is he who hath gone in unto the wife of his neighbour, None who doth touch her is innocent.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 6:29
Verse Info
Context Readings
Warning Against Relations With A Married Woman
28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? 29 So is he that goes in to his neighbor's wife; whosoever touches her shall not be innocent. 30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Genesis 12:18-19
And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that you have done unto me? why did you not tell me that she was your wife?
Genesis 20:4-7
But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, will you slay also a righteous nation?
Genesis 26:10-11
And Abimelech said, What is this you have done unto us? one of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guiltiness upon us.
Leviticus 20:10
And the man that commits adultery with another man's wife, even he that commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
2 Samuel 11:3-4
And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
2 Samuel 12:9-10
Why have you despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? you have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
2 Samuel 16:21
And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto your father's concubines, which he has left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that you are abhorred by your father: then shall the hands of all that are with you be strong.
Proverbs 16:5
Everyone that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though they join hand in hand, none shall be unpunished.
Jeremiah 5:8-9
They were as fed horses in the morning: everyone neighed after his neighbor's wife.
Ezekiel 22:11
And one has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in you has violated his sister, his father's daughter.
Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, says the LORD of hosts.
1 Corinthians 7:1
Now concerning the things of which you wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.