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Proverbs 22:26-27
World English Bible
Proverbs 22:26-27
World English Bible
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?
Proverbs 22:26-27
Lexham English Bible
Proverbs 22:26-27
Lexham English Bible
26 Do not be with those who give a pledge[a]
by becoming[b] surety.
27 If there is nothing for you to pay,[c]
why will he take your bed from under you?
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:26 Literally “strike a hand”
- Proverbs 22:26 Literally “in the becomings of”
- Proverbs 22:27 Or “complete”
Proverbs 27:13
World English Bible
Proverbs 27:13
World English Bible
13 Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger.
Hold it for a wayward woman!
Proverbs 27:13
Lexham English Bible
Proverbs 27:13
Lexham English Bible
13 Take his garment, for he gives surety to a stranger,
and to an adulteress[a]—so take his pledge.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:13 Literally “a foreign woman”
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