Proverbs 6:27 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

More versions

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 Cross References

Proverbs 6:26

for a harlot may be hired for a loaf of bread, but an adulteress stalks a man's very life.

Proverbs 6:28

Or can one walk upon hot coals and his feet not be scorched?

James 3:5

So the tongue is a little member and boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire!