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Proverbs 6:34
34The woman's husband will be jealous, and he will become very angry. He will want the man to receive full punishment.
Proverbs 6:34 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
- New International Version (NIV)For jealousy arouses a husband’s fury, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For jealousy makes a man furious, and he will not spare when he takes revenge.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For jealousy is a husband’s fury; Therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
Context of Proverbs 6:34
32But a man who sleeps with another man's wife is stupid. He is destroying his own life. 33He deserves his punishment and shame. He will never stop being ashamed. The woman's husband will be jealous, and he will become very angry. He will want the man to receive full punishment. 35He will not accept any money or bribe to pay the debt, even if it is a lot of money.
Read all of Proverbs 6Proverbs 6:34 word by word
כִּֽי־קִנְאָ֥ה חֲמַת־גָּ֑בֶר וְלֹֽא־יַ֝חְמ֗וֹל בְּי֣וֹם נָקָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 6:34
- Proverbs 27:4An angry person does cruel things that can destroy people. But a jealous person is much worse.
- Numbers 5:14But the man may think that it happened. He will be angry. But she may not have made herself unclean in that way.
- Numbers 25:11‘I am no longer angry with the Israelites. That is because of what Phinehas, the son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron the priest, did. He did not want the people to worship any god except me. Because of him, I did not kill all the Israelites.
- Judges 19:29When he arrived home, he picked up a knife. He cut his slave wife's body into 12 pieces. Then he sent them to each of Israel's 12 tribes.
- 1 Corinthians 10:22If we do things like that, we will cause the Lord to be angry. We should worship only him. You know that we are not stronger than he is!
Commentaries on Proverbs 6:34
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34Jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare - He will not, when he has detected the adulterer in the fact, wait for the slow progress of the law: it is then to him the day of vengeance; and in general, he avenges himself on the spot, as we see above.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-35Verses 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 remember Him who willingly…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32-35A thief might face severe punishment, even if he had a reason for his actions. However, his punishment is less severe than that of an adulterer, who has no excuse for his crime. A jealous husband will demand the maximum punishment allowed by law, which is death (Deuteronomy 22:22).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 34-3534-35. nor any terms of reconciliation be admitted. regard--or, "accept" any ransom.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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