Proverbios 6:27

27 ¿Puede alguien echarse brasas en el pechosin quemarse la ropa?

Proverbios 6:27 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 6:27

Can a man take fire in his bosom
A whore is compared to fire, and is so called by the poets ^F15; and it is a saying of Pythagoras,

``it is a like thing to fall into fire and into a woman ^F16;''

the Hebrew words (va) , "esh", "fire", and (hvya) , "ishah", "a woman", have some affinity in sound; and the phrase of taking it "into the bosom" fitly expresses the impure embraces of a harlot; and his clothes not be burned?
he cannot, it is impossible; and equally vain is it to think that a man can commit whoredom and it not be known, or he not hurt by it in his name and substance, or in his body, soul, and life.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Plauti Bacehides, Act. 4. Sc. 9. v. 15. "Accede ad ignem hunc", Terent. Eunuehus, Act. 1. Sc. 2. v. 5.
F16 (to eiv pur kai eiv gunaika) , apud Maximum, Eclog. c. 39.

Proverbios 6:27 In-Context

25 No abrigues en tu corazón deseos por su belleza,ni te dejes cautivar por sus ojos,

26 pues la ramera va tras un pedazo de pan,pero la mujer de otro hombre busca tu propia vida.

27 ¿Puede alguien echarse brasas en el pechosin quemarse la ropa?

28 ¿Puede alguien caminar sobre las brasassin quemarse los pies?

29 Pues tampoco quien se acuesta con la mujer ajenapuede tocarla y quedar impune.