29 If you sleep with another man’s wife, you will be punished.
30-31 A hungry man might steal to fill his stomach. If he is caught, he must pay seven times more than he stole. It might cost him everything he owns, but other people understand. They don’t lose all their respect for him.
32 But a man who commits adultery is a fool. He brings about his own destruction.
33 He will suffer disease and disgrace and never be free from the shame.
34 The woman’s husband will be jealous and angry and do everything he can to get revenge.
35 No payment—no amount of money—will stop him.