Proverbs 6:27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁷ Can fire be carried in the bosom without burning one’s clothes?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ Can a man take fire in his bosom and his clothes not be burned?

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?

Common English Bible

²⁷ Can a man scoop fire into his lap and his clothes not get burned?

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ Would a man be able to conceal fire in his bosom, so that his garments would not burn?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ Can a man hide fire in his bosom, and his garments not burn?

Proverbs 6:27 Krydshenvisninger

Proverbs 6:26

for a prostitute’s fee is only a loaf of bread, but the wife of another stalks a man’s precious life.

Proverbs 6:28

Or can one walk on hot coals without scorching the feet?

James 3:5

So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great exploits. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!