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My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor,
    if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,
you are trapped by the words of your mouth;
    you are ensnared with the words of your mouth.
Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself,
    since you have come into the hand of your neighbor.
Go, humble yourself.
    Press your plea with your neighbor.

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Financial Entanglements

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor[a]
or entered into an agreement with[b] a stranger,(A)
you have been snared by the words of your mouth—
trapped by the words from your mouth.
Do this, then, my son, and free yourself,
for you have put yourself in your neighbor’s power:
Go, humble yourself, and plead with your neighbor.

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Footnotes

  1. 6:1 Or friend
  2. 6:1 Lit or slapped hands for

Warnings Against Folly

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,
you have been trapped by what you said,
    ensnared by the words of your mouth.
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!

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:3 Or Go and humble yourself,

18 A man void of understanding strikes hands,
    and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.

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18 One without sense enters an agreement[a]
and puts up security for his friend.(A)

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  1. 17:18 Lit sense slaps hands

18 One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge
    and puts up security for a neighbor.(A)

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16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger;
    and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.

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16 Take his garment,
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.(A)

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16 Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger;
    hold it in pledge(A) if it is done for an outsider.(B)

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The rich rule over the poor.
    The borrower is servant to the lender.

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The rich rule over the poor,(A)
and the borrower is a slave to the lender.(B)

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The rich rule over the poor,
    and the borrower is slave to the lender.

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13 Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger.
    Hold it for a wayward woman!

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13 Take his garment,
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 27:13 Lit a foreign woman

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)

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26 Don’t you be one of those who strike hands,
    of those who are collateral for debts.
27 If you don’t have means to pay,
    why should he take away your bed from under you?

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26 Don’t be one of those who enter agreements,[a]
who put up security for loans.(A)
27 If you have nothing with which to pay,
even your bed will be taken from under you.(B)

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  1. 22:26 Lit Don’t be among hand slappers

Saying 4

26 Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge(A)
    or puts up security for debts;
27 if you lack the means to pay,
    your very bed will be snatched from under you.(B)

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