For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
For by means of a whorish woman (a man is brought) to a piece of bread - to his last cake of bread - i:e., to indigence (Proverbs 29:3; cf. 1 Samuel 2:36, "Every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for ... a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me ... into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread").
And the adulteress (literally, the wife of a man, Leviticus 20:10 ) will hunt for the precious life - (cf. Ezekiel 13:18, "Ye (women) hunt the souls of my people.") Intercourse with the "whorish woman" - i:e., the adulterous "wife of a man" is bought at the cost of losing not only one's substance, but even one's life-the life of nature, of grace, and of eternal bliss. The detected adulterer was put to death. On "precious," cf. Psalms 49:8. A dear purchase (Matthew 16:26).