Proverbs 6:32
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
The one who commits adulteryנֹאֵ֣ף
(no·'ef)
5003: to commit adulterya prim. root
with a womanאִשָּׁ֣ה
(i·shah)
802: woman, wife, femalefrom an unused word
is lackingחֲסַר־
(cha·sar-)
2638: needy, lacking, in want offrom chaser
sense;לֵ֑ב
(lev;)
3820: inner man, mind, will, heartfrom the same as lebab
He who would destroyמַֽשְׁחִ֥ית
(mash·chit)
7843: perhaps to go to ruina prim. root
himselfנַ֝פְשֹׁ֗ו
(naf·shov)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word
doesיַעֲשֶֽׂנָּה׃
(ya·'a·sen·nah.)
6213a: do, makea prim. root
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KJV Lexicon
But whoso committeth adultery
na'aph  (naw-af')
to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize -- adulterer(-ess), commit(-ing) adultery, woman that breaketh wedlock.
with a woman
'ishshah  (ish-shaw')
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman
lacketh
chacer  (khaw-sare')
lacking; hence, without -- destitute, fail, lack, have need, void, want.
understanding
leb  (labe)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect
he that doeth
`asah  (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
it destroyeth
shachath  (shaw-khath')
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin -- batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, utterly, waste(-r).
his own soul
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The one who commits adultery with a woman is lacking sense; He who would destroy himself does it.

King James Bible
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The one who commits adultery lacks sense; whoever does so destroys himself.

International Standard Version
Whoever commits adultery with a woman is out of his mind; by doing so he corrupts his own soul.

NET Bible
A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks wisdom, whoever does it destroys his own life.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But he who commits adultery with a woman lacks intelligence and is destroying his soul.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Whoever commits adultery with a woman has no sense. Whoever does this destroys himself.

King James 2000 Bible
But whosoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding: he that does it destroys his own soul.
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