Verse Comparison: Proverbs 6:26
American Standard Version
For on account of a harlot `a man is brought' to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
Amplified® Bible
For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread, and the adulteress stalks {and} snares [as with a hook] the precious life [of a man].
Darby English Version
for by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a loaf of bread, and another's wife doth hunt for the precious soul.
King James Version
For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.
Revised Standard Version
for a harlot may be hired for a loaf of bread, but an adulteress stalks a man's very life.
Young's Literal Translation
For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.
