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.
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”
Proverbs 27:18
American Standard Version
18 Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof;
And he that regardeth his master shall be honored.
Proverbs 27:18
Lexham English Bible
18 He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
and he who guards his master[a] will be honored.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:18 Or “lord”
Proverbs 27:20
American Standard Version
20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied;
And the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Proverbs 27:20
Lexham English Bible
20 Sheol[a] and Abaddon[b] will not be satisfied,
and the eyes of a person will not be satisfied either.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:20 A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld
- Proverbs 27:20 Poetic synonym for “Sheol.” Only mentioned in the ot in relation to Sheol, the grave, or death.
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