Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving. New Living Translation Excuses might be found for a thief who steals because he is starving. English Standard Version People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry, Berean Standard Bible Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger. King James Bible Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; New King James Version People do not despise a thief If he steals to satisfy himself when he is starving. New American Standard Bible People do not despise a thief if he steals To satisfy himself when he is hungry; NASB 1995 Men do not despise a thief if he steals To satisfy himself when he is hungry; NASB 1977 Men do not despise a thief if he steals To satisfy himself when he is hungry; Legacy Standard Bible Men do not despise a thief if he steals To fill himself when he is hungry; Amplified Bible People do not despise a thief if he steals To satisfy himself when he is hungry; Christian Standard Bible People don’t despise the thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry. Holman Christian Standard Bible People don’t despise the thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry. American Standard Version Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry: Aramaic Bible in Plain English And not to wonder at one who is caught stealing, because he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry. Brenton Septuagint Translation It is not to be wondered at if one should be taken stealing, for he steals that when hungry he may satisfy his soul: Contemporary English Version We don't put up with thieves, not even with one who steals for something to eat. Douay-Rheims Bible The fault is not so great when a man hath stolen: for he stealeth to fill his hungry soul: English Revised Version Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry: GOD'S WORD® Translation People do not despise a thief who is hungry when he steals to satisfy his appetite, Good News Translation People don't despise a thief if he steals food when he is hungry; International Standard Version A thief isn't despised if he steals to meet his needs when he is hungry, JPS Tanakh 1917 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy his soul when he is hungry; Literal Standard Version They do not despise the thief, | When he steals to fill his soul when he is hungry, Majority Standard Bible Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger. New American Bible Thieves are not despised if out of hunger they steal to satisfy their appetite. NET Bible People do not despise a thief when he steals to fulfill his need when he is hungry. New Revised Standard Version Thieves are not despised who steal only to satisfy their appetite when they are hungry. New Heart English Bible Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry: Webster's Bible Translation Men do not despise a thief, if he stealeth to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; World English Bible Men don’t despise a thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry, Young's Literal Translation They do not despise the thief, When he stealeth to fill his soul when he is hungry, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Warnings Against Adultery…29So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished. 30Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger. 31Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.… Cross References Job 38:39 Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions Proverbs 30:9 Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, 'Who is the LORD?' Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God. Treasury of Scripture Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; Jump to Previous Appetite Despise Fill Food Hunger Hungry Low Need Opinion Satisfy Soul Starving Steal Stealeth Steals ThiefJump to Next Appetite Despise Fill Food Hunger Hungry Low Need Opinion Satisfy Soul Starving Steal Stealeth Steals ThiefProverbs 6 1. against indebtedness6. idleness 12. and mischievousness 16. seven things detestable to God 20. the blessings of obedience 25. the mischief of unfaithfulness (30) Men do not despise a thief . . .--A man who is driven to theft by poverty is more worthy of pity than disdain; not so the adulterer. Again, the thief can make retribution, while the adulterer can have none to offer.Verse 30. - The teacher continues his argument with another illustration, still keeping in view his object, which is to show that the punishment of the adulterer is a surely impending one and severe in its character. The argument in vers. 30-33 is one a fortiori. If men do not overlook but severely punish a crime which has been committed under extenuating circumstances, much less will they do so where the crime is of a much graver character and has nothing to excuse it. Theft and adultery are brought into comparison. Theft under all circumstances is a lesser crime than adultery, but here it is minimized to the lowest degree. The case of a man is taken who steals to satisfy his hunger; the extent of the theft cannot be large, but yet he is punished, and called upon to make the amplest restitution. Much more, does the teacher infer, will be the punishment, and equally certain, where adultery is in question, and the crime is of the most heinous character affecting the most precious interests, and indulged in from the lowest of motives. Men do not despise a thief, etc.; i.e. they do not condemn him under the circumstances, non grandis est culpa (Vulgate), "the fault is not a great one;" but they do despise an adulterer - him they hold in contempt as one "who lacketh understanding" and destroyeth his own soul (ver. 32). The verb buz has, however, been otherwise rendered as "to overlook." Zockler and Holden explain, "men do not overlook," though the former gives the literal sense as "men do not despise." Gesenius renders "despise," but explains, "i.e. they do not let him go unpunished." Vatablus, the Versions, Ariae, Montani, and Munsteri, Hitzig, Delitzsch, and Gesenius, Stuart, Muenscher, and Wordsworth, all agree m regarding the proper meaning of the verb to be "to despise" or "to treat scornfully." The verb buz, moreover, occurs in this sense in Proverbs 1:7; Proverbs 11:12; Proverbs 13:13; Proverbs 14:21; Proverbs 23:9; and Song of Solomon 8:1, 7. Michaelis's explanation is as follows: "although a theft is deservedly regarded as infamous in the commonwealth, nevertheless, if it be compared with adultery, it is less wicked." The rendering of the LXX., οὐ θαυμαστὸν ἐάν ἁλῷ τις κλέπτων, i.e. "it is not a wonder if any thief be taken," it is difficult to reconcile with the text in the original, though it may be explained as expressing the certainty of arrest which follows theft, and thus gives colour to the secondary meaning attached to the verb, i.e. that of overlooking. The Syriac and Arabic Versions follow the LXX. while the Chaldee Paraphrase renders, "It is not a matter of surprise if a thief steals," etc. His soul; Hebrew, naph'sko. Nephesh is used here for desire, craving, or appetite, as in Ecclesiastes 6:2, 7; Ezekiel 7:19. "To satisfy his soul" is "to sustain his life." Anima, Vulgate; ψυχή, LXX. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew [Men] do notלֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no despise יָב֣וּזוּ (yā·ḇū·zū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 936: To disrespect the thief לַ֭גַּנָּב (lag·gan·nāḇ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1590: A stealer if כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction he steals יִגְנ֑וֹב (yiḡ·nō·wḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1589: To thieve, to deceive to satisfy לְמַלֵּ֥א (lə·mal·lê) Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of his נַ֝פְשׁ֗וֹ (nap̄·šōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion hunger. יִרְעָֽב׃ (yir·‘āḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7456: To be hungry Links Proverbs 6:30 NIVProverbs 6:30 NLT Proverbs 6:30 ESV Proverbs 6:30 NASB Proverbs 6:30 KJV Proverbs 6:30 BibleApps.com Proverbs 6:30 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 6:30 Chinese Bible Proverbs 6:30 French Bible Proverbs 6:30 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 6:30 Men don't despise a thief if he (Prov. 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