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26 Do not be among those who (A)strike [a]hands in pledge,
Among those who become guarantors for debts.
27 If you have nothing with which to pay,
Why should he (B)take your bed from under you?

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  1. Proverbs 22:26 Lit palms

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?

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13 (A)Take his garment when he becomes a guarantor for a stranger;
And for [a]a foreign woman seize it as a pledge.

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  1. Proverbs 27:13 Or an adulterous, cf. 2:16

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]

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  1. Proverbs 27:13 Hebrew a foreign woman; a slight emendation yields (compare Vulgate; see also 20:16) foreigners