Bible in Basic English
"But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his property which is in his house."
— Proverbs 6:31, Bible in Basic English
“But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.”
“But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house. ”
“but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house.”
“Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.”
“And if he be taken, he shall restore sevenfold, and shall give up all the substance of his house.”
“But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.”
Or may one go on lighted coals, and his feet not be burned?
So it is with him who goes in to his neighbour's wife; he who has anything to do with her will not go free from punishment.
Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it:
But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his property which is in his house.
He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.
Wounds will be his and loss of honour, and his shame may not be washed away.
For bitter is the wrath of an angry husband; in the day of punishment he will have no mercy.