⁶ The realm of the dead^(A) is naked before God;
    Destruction^[a](B) lies uncovered.^(C)

²² Destruction^[a](A) and Death^(B) say,
    “Only a rumor of it has reached our ears.”

²⁷ Can a man scoop fire into his lap
    without his clothes being burned?
²⁸ Can a man walk on hot coals
    without his feet being scorched?
²⁹ So is he who sleeps^(A) with another man’s wife;^(B)
    no one who touches her will go unpunished.