Proverbs 6:27 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁷ Can a man take 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 on account of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

Proverbs 6:28

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

James 3:5

So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!