Proverbs 22:26-27
Revised Standard Version
26 Be not one of those who give pledges,
who become surety for debts.
27 If you have nothing with which to pay,
why should your bed be taken from under you?
Proverbs 22:26-27
American Standard Version
26 Be thou not one of them that strike hands,
Or of them that are sureties for debts.
27 If thou hast not wherewith to pay,
Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Proverbs 27:13
Revised Standard Version
13 Take a man’s garment when he has given surety for a stranger,
and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:13 Vg and 20.16: Heb a foreign woman
Proverbs 27:13
American Standard Version
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger;
And hold him in pledge that is surety for a foreign woman.
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