New English Translation
Proverbs 6:29
29So it is with the one who has sex with his neighbor’s wife; no one who touches her will escape punishment.
Proverbs 6:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
- New International Version (NIV)So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; none who touches her will go unpunished.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife; Whoever touches her shall not be innocent.
Context of Proverbs 6:29
27Can a man hold fire against his chest without burning his clothes? 28Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet? So it is with the one who has sex with his neighbor’s wife; no one who touches her will escape punishment. 30People do not despise a thief when he steals to fulfill his need when he is hungry. 31Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.
Read all of Proverbs 6Proverbs 6:29 word by word
כֵּ֗ן הַ֭בָּא אֶל־אֵ֣שֶׁת רֵעֵ֑הוּ לֹ֥א יִ֝נָּקֶ֗ה כָּֽל־הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ בָּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 6:29
- Genesis 12:18So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife?
- Leviticus 20:10If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.
- 2 Samuel 11:3So David sent someone to inquire about the woman. The messenger said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”
- 2 Samuel 12:9Why have you shown contempt for the word of the Lord by doing evil in my sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and you have taken his wife as your own! You have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.
- 2 Samuel 16:21Ahithophel replied to Absalom, “Have sex with your father’s concubines whom he left to care for the palace. All Israel will hear that you have made yourself repulsive to your father. Then your followers will be motivated to support you.”
- Jeremiah 5:8They are like lusty, well-fed stallions. Each of them lusts after his neighbor’s wife.
- Ezekiel 22:11One commits an abominable act with his neighbor’s wife; another obscenely defiles his daughter-in-law; another violates his sister – his father’s daughter – within you.
- Malachi 3:5“I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the Lord who rules over all.
- Genesis 20:4Now Abimelech had not gone near her. He said, “Lord, would you really slaughter an innocent nation?
- Genesis 26:10Then Abimelech exclaimed, “What in the world have you done to us? One of the men might easily have had sexual relations with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us!”
- 1 Corinthians 7:1Now with regard to the issues you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”
Commentaries on Proverbs 6:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29So he that goeth In to his neighbor'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.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. 27-29walk on hot coals: Yes, this will cause his feet to blister. The results are terrible.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 27-2927-29. The guilt and danger most obvious.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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