Proverbs 6:28

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

Proverbs 6:28 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
English Standard Version (ESV)
28 Or can one walk on hot coals and his feet not be scorched?
New Living Translation (NLT)
28 Can he walk on hot coals and not blister his feet?
The Message Bible (MSG)
28 Can you walk barefoot on hot coals and not get blisters?
American Standard Version (ASV)
28 Or can one walk upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched?
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
28 Can anyone walk on red-hot coals without burning his feet?
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
28 Can a man walk on coals without scorching his feet?
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
28 You can't walk on hot coals without burning your feet.

Proverbs 6:28 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 6:28

Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
] He cannot; if he sets his feet upon them, and continues them ever so little on them, they will be burnt, and much more if he walks upon them; and so if a man gives way to the burning lusts of his heart after a whorish woman, and commits adultery with her, though not with frequency, he will not escape punishment in one shape or another; and much more if he continues such a lewd course of life; such practices are extremely dangerous F17, and there is no possibility of being unhurt by them: see ( Job 31:12 ) ; the lake of fire and brimstone, everlasting burnings, will be the portion of those that commit fornication with the whore of Rome, ( Revelation 14:10 Revelation 14:11 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F17 "Periculosae plenum opus aleae tractas: et incedis per ignes suppositos cineri doloso", Horat. Carmin. l. 2. Ode. 1.

Proverbs 6:28 In-Context

26 For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread, but another man’s wife preys on 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 People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
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