Proverbs 6:29

Contemporary English Version

And if you go to bed with another man's wife, you pay the price.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So it is with the one who sleeps withanother man’s wife;no one who touches her will go unpunished.

Hebrew Names Version
So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.

King James Version
So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

English Standard Version
So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; none who touches her will go unpunished.

New Century Version
The same is true if you have sexual relations with another man's wife. Anyone who does so will be punished.

New English Translation
So it is with the one who has sex with his neighbor's wife; no one who touches her will escape punishment.

Amplified Bible
So is the one who goes in to his neighbor's wife; Whoever touches her will not be found innocent or go unpunished.

New American Standard Bible
So is the one who goes in to his neighbor's wife; Whoever touches her will not go unpunished.

World English Bible
So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.

Geneva Bible (1587)
So he that goeth in to his neighbours wife, shall not be innocent, whosoeuer toucheth her.

Legacy Standard Bible
So is the one who goes in to his neighbor's wife;Whoever touches her will not go unpunished.

Berean Standard Bible
So is he who sleeps with another man's wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

Complete Jewish Bible
So is he who has sex with his neighbor's wife; anyone touching her will be punished.

Darby Translation
So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife: whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

Easy-to-Read Version
If you sleep with another man's wife, you will be punished.

George Lamsa Translation
So is he who goes in to his neighbors wife and touches her; he shall not be innocent.

Good News Translation

Lexham English Bible
Thus, he who goes to the wife of his neighbor, any who touches her shall not go unpunished.

Literal Translation
So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; everyone touching her shall not be innocent.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Euen so, who so euer goeth in to his neghbours wife, and toucheth her, can not be vngiltie.

American Standard Version
So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be 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.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not go unpunished.

King James Version (1611)
So he that goeth in to his neighbours wife; whosoeuer toucheth her, shall not be innocent.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Euen so, whosoeuer goeth in to his neyghbours wife and toucheth her, can not be vngiltie.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
So is he that goes in to a married woman; he shall not be held guiltless, neither any one that touches her.

English Revised Version
So he that goeth in to his nieghbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
So he that entrith to the wijf of his neiybore; schal not be cleene, whanne he hath touchid hir.

Update Bible Version
So he that goes in to his neighbor's wife; Whoever touches her shall not be unpunished.

Webster's Bible Translation
So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; whoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

New King James Version
So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; Whoever touches her shall not be innocent.

New Living Translation
So it is with the man who sleeps with another man's wife. He who embraces her will not go unpunished.

New Life Bible
So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will be punished.

New Revised Standard
So is he who sleeps with his neighbor's wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So, he that goeth in unto his neighbour's wife, no man shall be guiltless who toucheth her!

Douay-Rheims Bible
So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife, shall not be clean when he shall touch her.

Revised Standard Version
So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; none who touches her will go unpunished.

Young's Literal Translation
So [is] he who hath gone in unto the wife of his neighbour, None who doth touch her is innocent.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So is the one who goes in to his neighbor's wife; Whoever touches her will not go unpunished.

Contextual Overview

²⁰ Obey the teaching of your parents— ²¹ always keep it in mind and never forget it. ²² Their teaching will guide you when you walk, protect you when you sleep, and talk to you when you are awake. ²³ The Law of the Lord is a lamp, and its teachings shine brightly. Correction and self-control will lead you through life. ²⁴ They will protect you from the flattering words of someone else's wife. ²⁵ Don't let yourself be attracted by the charm and lovely eyes of someone like that. ²⁶ A woman who sells her love can be bought for as little as the price of a meal. But making love to another man's wife will cost you everything. ²⁷ If you carry burning coals, you burn your clothes; ²⁸ if you step on hot coals, you burn your feet. ²⁹ And if you go to bed with another man's wife, you pay the price.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he that: Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19, Leviticus 20:10, 2 Samuel 11:3, 2 Samuel 11:4, 2 Samuel 12:9, 2 Samuel 12:10, 2 Samuel 16:21, Jeremiah 5:8, Jeremiah 5:9, Ezekiel 22:11, Malachi 3:5

toucheth: Genesis 20:4-7, Genesis 26:10, Genesis 26:11, 1 Corinthians 7:1

Reciprocal: Genesis 12:15 - taken Genesis 39:8 - refused Genesis 39:9 - how then Leviticus 18:20 - General Ruth 2:9 - touch thee Job 31:11 - an heinous Proverbs 5:9 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So he that goeth into his neighbour's wife,.... To converse with her, or lie with her, as the Targum; for it means not barely going into her house or chamber, or into her company, though without any ill design at first, which yet may be dangerous; but committing adultery with her, as this phrase is often used, Genesis 19:31;

whosoever toucheth her; by impure dalliances, and especially by carnal copulation with her, in which sense it is used, Genesis 19:31- :;

shall not be innocent; or free r from disgrace and infamy, from loss of substance or health; from punishment in this life, either by the jealous husband or civil magistrate; and in the world to come by the Lord himself; for "whoremongers and adulterers God will judge",

Hebrews 13:4.

r לא ינקח "non insons, vel immunis", Schultens; so Gejerus.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 6:29. So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife — As sure as he who takes fire into his bosom, or who walks upon live coals, is burnt thereby; so sure he that seduces his neighbour's wife shall be guilty. That is, he shall be punished.