Proverbs 6:34
What does Proverbs 6:34 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 6:34 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For bitter is the wrath of an angry husband; in the day of punishment he will have no mercy.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862For jealousy <FI>is<Fi> the fury of a man, And he doth not spare in a day of vengeance.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Because the jealousy and rage of the husband will not spare in the day of revenge,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance;
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 25:11
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
- Song of Solomon 8:6
Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of Jehovah.
- 1 Corinthians 10:22
Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
- Numbers 5:14
and the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:
- Judges 19:29
And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel.
- Proverbs 27:4
Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?
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