Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding; he who does it destroys his own soul.
New American Standard Bible
He who would
King James Version
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
Holman Bible
whoever does so destroys himself.
International Standard Version
Whoever commits adultery with a woman is out of his mind; by doing so he corrupts his own soul.
A Conservative Version
He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who would destroy his own soul does it.
American Standard Version
He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.
Amplified
But whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks common sense and sound judgment and an understanding [of moral principles];
He who would destroy his soul does it.
Bible in Basic English
He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.
Darby Translation
Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
Julia Smith Translation
He committing adultery with a woman lacked a heart: destroying his soul he will do it.
King James 2000
But whosoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding: he that does it destroys his own soul.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He who commits adultery [with] a woman lacks {sense}, he destroys himself who does it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman, he is a fool: and destroyeth his own soul.
NET Bible
A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks wisdom, whoever does it destroys his own life.
New Heart English Bible
He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.
The Emphasized Bible
He that committeth adultery with a woman, lacketh sense, A destroyer of his own life, is he that doeth it;
Webster
But whoever committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
World English Bible
He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.
Youngs Literal Translation
He who committeth adultery with a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.
Themes
Adultery » Adulterers and adulteresses
Destruction » Who destroys their own soul
Understanding » Who is void of understanding
Topics
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 6:32
Verse Info
Context Readings
Warning Against Relations With A Married Woman
31 but if he is found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the goods of his house. 32 Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding; he who does it destroys his own soul. 33 He shall get a wound and dishonor; and his shame shall not be wiped away.
Cross References
Proverbs 7:7
and I saw among the simple ones, among the youths, a young man with no understanding,
Proverbs 7:22-23
He goes after her immediately, like an ox goes to the slaughter, or like a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Hebrews 13:4
Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled, but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
Genesis 39:9-10
There is none greater in this house than I. Neither has he kept back anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
Genesis 41:39
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Since God has shown you all this, no one is as discreet and wise as you.
Exodus 20:14
You shall not commit adultery.
Proverbs 2:18-19
For her house bows down to death, and her paths to the dead.
Proverbs 5:22-23
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sin.
Proverbs 8:36
But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul; all who hate me love death.
Proverbs 9:4
The simple one, let him turn in here. To one lacking heart, she says to him,
Proverbs 9:16-18
The simple one, let him turn in here. And to one lacking heart, she says to him,
Ecclesiastes 7:25-26
I set my heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness;
Jeremiah 5:8
They were like lusty, well-fed stallions in the morning; every one neighing after his neighbor's wife.
Jeremiah 5:21
Now hear this, O foolish people and without heart; who have eyes and see not; who have ears and hear not;
Ezekiel 18:31
Cast away from you all your sins by which you have sinned; and make you a new heart and a new spirit; for why will you die, O house of Israel?
Hosea 4:11-12
Fornication and wine and new wine take away the heart.
Hosea 13:9
O Israel, you have destroyed yourself; but in Me is your help.
Romans 1:22-24
Professing to be wise, they became fools