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


In Context

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.

31 Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold, though it costs him all the wealth of his house.

32 But a man who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.

Proverbs 6:30 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:30[Men] do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:30The fault is not so great when a man hath stolen: for he stealeth to fill his hungry soul:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:30They do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:30Men do not despise a thief, if he stealeth to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:30Men don't despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:30They do not despise the thief, When he stealeth to fill his soul when he is hungry,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;