28Or can one walk upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched?


In Context

25 Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

26 For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

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

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

29 So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.

30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry:

Proverbs 6:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:28Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:28Can a man walk on hot coals without his feet being scorched?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:28Or can he walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be burnt?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:28Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:28Or can one walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:28Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:28Can one go on hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:28Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:28Doth a man walk on the hot coals, And are his feet not scorched?