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


In Context

25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes,

26 for the prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?

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

29 So is he who sleeps with another man's wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

30 Men do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

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?