Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.
Parallel translations
- WEB He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away.
- KJV A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
- NKJV Wounds and dishonor he will get, And his reproach will not be wiped away.
- NASB He will find wounds and disgrace, And his shame will not be removed.
- NLT He will be wounded and disgraced. His shame will never be erased.
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Quick answer
The adulterer reaps wounds, disgrace, and a reproach that never fades. His sin leaves lasting shame.
Overview
Beyond destroying himself, the adulterer earns injury and dishonor that cling to him permanently. The lasting reproach contrasts with sins that may in time be forgotten or repaid. The verse warns that sexual sin scars a person's reputation and life in enduring ways.
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- Prov 5:9–11lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;
- Ps 51:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
- Gen 49:4Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.
- 1 Kgs 15:5For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
- Matt 1:6and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,
- Ps 51:8Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.
- Neh 13:26Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.
- Ps 38:1–8A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
- Judg 16:19–21And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength left him.
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