Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Can a man walk on hot coals without his feet being scorched? New Living Translation Can he walk on hot coals and not blister his feet? English Standard Version Or can one walk on hot coals and his feet not be scorched? Berean Standard Bible Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet? King James Bible Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? New King James Version Can one walk on hot coals, And his feet not be seared? New American Standard Bible Or can a person walk on hot coals And his feet not be scorched? NASB 1995 Or can a man walk on hot coals And his feet not be scorched? NASB 1977 Or can a man walk on hot coals, And his feet not be scorched? Legacy Standard Bible Or can a man walk on hot coals And his feet not be scorched? Amplified Bible Or can a man walk on hot coals And his feet not be scorched? Christian Standard Bible Can a man walk on burning coals without scorching his feet? Holman Christian Standard Bible Can a man walk on burning coals without scorching his feet? American Standard Version Or can one walk upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched? Aramaic Bible in Plain English Or does a man walk upon coals of fire and his feet are unharmed? Brenton Septuagint Translation or will any one walk on coals of fire, and not burn his feet? Contemporary English Version if you step on hot coals, you burn your feet. Douay-Rheims Bible Or can he walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be burnt? English Revised Version Or can one walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched? GOD'S WORD® Translation Can anyone walk on red-hot coals without burning his feet? Good News Translation Can you walk on hot coals without burning your feet? International Standard Version Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet? JPS Tanakh 1917 Or can one walk upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched? Literal Standard Version Does a man walk on the hot coals, | And are his feet not scorched? Majority Standard Bible Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet? New American Bible Or can a man walk on live coals, and his feet not be scorched? NET Bible Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet? New Revised Standard Version Or can one walk on hot coals without scorching the feet? New Heart English Bible Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched? Webster's Bible Translation Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? World English Bible Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched? Young's Literal Translation Doth a man walk on the hot coals, And are his feet not scorched? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Warnings Against Adultery…27Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned? 28Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet? 29So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.… Cross References Proverbs 6:27 Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned? Proverbs 6:29 So is he who sleeps with another man's wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished. Treasury of Scripture Can one go on hot coals, and his feet not be burned? Jump to Previous Burned Coals Feet Hot Lighted Scorched WalkJump to Next Burned Coals Feet Hot Lighted Scorched WalkProverbs 6 1. against indebtedness6. idleness 12. and mischievousness 16. seven things detestable to God 20. the blessings of obedience 25. the mischief of unfaithfulness Verse 28. - Can one go upon hot coals, etc.? The repeated question is introduced by gin, "if," here equivalent to the Latin an, used in double questions, as in Genesis 24:21; Exodus 17:7; Judges 9:2, etc. Go; i.e. walk upon hot coals (Hebrew, al-haggekalim); literally, upon the hot coals. The Hebrew gakheleth is coals thoroughly ignited, as in Leviticus 16:12 and Proverbs 25:22; different from pekham of Proverbs 26:21, which is "a black coal," or, as Gesenius explains, charcoal unkindled. Be burned; Hebrew, tikkaveynah; i.e. be burned or scorched so as to leave a mark by burning, as in Isaiah 43:2; this being the force of the verb kavah. The flames of lust will certainly be visited with punishment, and with the stings of conscience. Job, speaking on this very subject, says a deviation from the paths of virtue "is a fire that consumeth to destruction." And to him who gives way to adultery it may be said, in the words of Horace, though with a different application from that in which they were used by that poet, "incedis per ignes suppositos cineri doloso." "You are walking over fire that lies hidden under deceitful ashes" (Gejerus). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Canאִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not a man אִ֭ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person walk יְהַלֵּ֣ךְ (yə·hal·lêḵ) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against hot coals הַגֶּחָלִ֑ים (hag·ge·ḥā·lîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1513: An ember without לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no scorching תִכָּוֶֽינָה׃ (ṯik·kā·we·nāh) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural Strong's 3554: To burn, scorch, brand his feet? וְ֝רַגְלָ֗יו (wə·raḡ·lāw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular Strong's 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda Links Proverbs 6:28 NIVProverbs 6:28 NLT Proverbs 6:28 ESV Proverbs 6:28 NASB Proverbs 6:28 KJV Proverbs 6:28 BibleApps.com Proverbs 6:28 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 6:28 Chinese Bible Proverbs 6:28 French Bible Proverbs 6:28 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 6:28 Or can one walk on hot coals (Prov. 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