Proverbs 6:1-3
English Standard Version
Practical Warnings
6 My son, if you have put up (A)security for your neighbor,
have (B)given your pledge for a stranger,
2 if you are (C)snared in the words of your mouth,
caught in the words of your mouth,
3 then do this, my son, and save yourself,
for you have come into the hand of your neighbor:
go, hasten,[a] and (D)plead urgently with your neighbor.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:3 Or humble yourself
Proverbs 6:1-3
International Standard Version
The Folly of Guaranteeing Loans
6 My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor,
if you have agreed to a deal[a] with a stranger,
2 trapped by your own words,
and caught by your own words,
3 then do this, my son, and deliver yourself,
because you have come under your neighbor’s control.[b]
Go, humble yourself!
Plead passionately with your neighbor!
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:1 Lit. have clapped your hands; i.e. have shaken hands
- Proverbs 6:3 Lit. into the hands of your neighbor
Proverbs 6:1-3
New International Version
Warnings Against Folly
6 My son,(A) if you have put up security(B) for your neighbor,(C)
if you have shaken hands in pledge(D) for a stranger,
2 you have been trapped by what you said,
ensnared by the words of your mouth.
3 So do this, my son, to free yourself,
since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands:
Go—to the point of exhaustion—[a]
and give your neighbor no rest!
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:3 Or Go and humble yourself,
Proverbs 17:18
English Standard Version
18 One who lacks sense gives a pledge
and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor.
Proverbs 17:18
International Standard Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:18 Lit. heart
- Proverbs 17:18 Lit. sense strikes the palm
Proverbs 17:18
New International Version
18 One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge
and puts up security for a neighbor.(A)
Proverbs 20:16
English Standard Version
16 (A)Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger,
and (B)hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:16 Or for an adulteress (compare 27:13)
Proverbs 20:16
International Standard Version
16 Take the garment of anyone who puts up collateral for a stranger;
hold it in pledge if he does it for an unfamiliar woman.
Proverbs 20:16
New International Version
Proverbs 22:7
English Standard Version
7 (A)The rich rules over the poor,
and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
Proverbs 22:7
International Standard Version
7 The wealthy rule over the poor,
and anyone who borrows is a slave to the lender.
Proverbs 22:7
New International Version
7 The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Proverbs 27:13
English Standard Version
13 (A)Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger,
and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:13 Hebrew a foreign woman; a slight emendation yields (compare Vulgate; see also 20:16) foreigners
Proverbs 27:13
International Standard Version
13 Take the coat of anyone who puts up security for a stranger;
hold it in pledge if he cosigns for an immoral woman.
Proverbs 27:13
New International Version
13 Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger;
hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.(A)
Proverbs 22:26-27
English Standard Version
26 Be not one of those who (A)give pledges,
who put up security for debts.
27 If you have nothing with which to pay,
why should (B)your bed be taken from under you?
Proverbs 22:26-27
International Standard Version
26 Don’t be one of those who make promises
to guarantee loans for debts.
27 If you don’t have the ability to pay,
why should your very bed be taken from under you?
Proverbs 22:26-27
New International Version
Saying 4
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