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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
היחתה איש אש בחיקו ובגדיו לא תשרפנה
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
hyKHth AySH ASH bKHyqv vbgdyv lA tSHrpnh

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
numquid abscondere potest homo ignem in sinu suo ut vestimenta illius non ardeant

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Authorized (King James) Version   
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
New King James Version   
Can a man take fire to his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?
21st Century King James Version   
Can a man take fire to his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Does a man put fire in his bosom and do his garments not burn?
Darby Bible Translation   
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned?
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Can a man hide fire in his bosom, and his garments not burn?
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Can a man carry fire next to his chest and his clothes not be burned?
God's Word   
Can a man carry fire in his lap without burning his clothes?
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?
International Standard Version   
Can a man scoop fire into his bosom without burning his clothes?
NET Bible   
Can a man hold fire against his chest without burning his clothes?
New American Standard Bible   
Can a man take fire in his bosom And his clothes not be burned?
New International Version   
Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?
New Living Translation   
Can a man scoop a flame into his lap and not have his clothes catch on fire?
Webster's Bible Translation   
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
The World English Bible   
Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?
EasyEnglish Bible   
You cannot carry fire next to your body and not burn your clothes.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt?
New Life Version   
Can a man carry fire in his arms, and his clothes not be burned?
The Voice Bible   
Can you carry fire right next to your body and keep your clothes from burning?
Living Bible   
Can a man hold fire against his chest and not be burned?
New Catholic Bible   
Can a man kindle a fire in his bosom without burning his clothes?
Legacy Standard Bible   
Can a man take fire in his bosom And his clothes not be burned?
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Can a man take fire in his bosom and his clothes not be burned?
Christian Standard Bible   
Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Can a man take fire in his bosom and his clothes not be burned?
New Century Version   
You cannot carry hot coals against your chest without burning your clothes,
The Message   
They’ll protect you from promiscuous women, from the seductive talk of some temptress. Don’t lustfully fantasize on her beauty, nor be taken in by her bedroom eyes. You can buy an hour with a prostitute for a loaf of bread, but a promiscuous woman may well eat you alive. Can you build a fire in your lap and not burn your pants? Can you walk barefoot on hot coals and not get blisters? It’s the same when you have sex with your neighbor’s wife: Touch her and you’ll pay for it. No excuses. Hunger is no excuse for a thief to steal; When he’s caught he has to pay it back, even if he has to put his whole house in hock. Adultery is a brainless act, soul-destroying, self-destructive; Expect a bloody nose, a black eye, and a reputation ruined for good. For jealousy detonates rage in a cheated husband; wild for revenge, he won’t make allowances. Nothing you say or pay will make it all right; neither bribes nor reason will satisfy him.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Can a man place fire on his lap without burning his clothes?
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Can fire be carried in the bosom without burning one’s clothes?
Good News Translation®   
Can you carry fire against your chest without burning your clothes?
Wycliffe Bible   
Whether a man may hide fire in his bosom, that his clothes burn not; (Can a man hide fire in his bosom, and his clothes not burn?)
Contemporary English Version   
If you carry burning coals, you burn your clothes;
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Can a man carry fire in his bosom and his clothes not be burned?
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Can fire be carried in the bosom without burning one’s clothes?
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Can fire be carried in the bosom without burning one’s clothes?
Common English Bible © 2011   
Can a man scoop fire into his lap and his clothes not get burned?
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Can a man take fire to his chest And his clothes not be burned?
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Can a man carry fire next to his chest and his clothes not be burned?
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Can a man take embers into his bosom, and his garments not be burned?
New American Standard Bible   
Can anyone take fire in his lap And his clothes not be burned?
The Expanded Bible   
You cannot ·carry [or scoop] hot coals ·against your chest [or into your lap] without burning your clothes,
Tree of Life Version   
Can a man scoop fire into his lap without burning his clothes?
Revised Standard Version   
Can a man carry fire in his bosom and his clothes not be burned?
New International Reader's Version   
You can’t shovel fire into your lap without burning your clothes.
BRG Bible   
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Complete Jewish Bible   
Can a man carry fire inside his shirt without burning his clothes?
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Can fire be carried in the bosom without burning one’s clothes?
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Can a man take eish in his kheyk, and his clothes not be burned?
Names of God Bible   
Can a man carry fire in his lap without burning his clothes?
Modern English Version   
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Easy-to-Read Version   
If you drop a hot coal in your lap, your clothes will be burned.
International Children’s Bible   
You cannot carry hot coals against your chest without burning your clothes.
Lexham English Bible   
Can a man carry fire in his lap, and his clothes not burn?
New International Version - UK   
Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?