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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”
Proverbs 27:13
New King James Version
Proverbs 27:13
New King James Version
13 Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger,
And hold it in pledge when he is surety for a seductress.
Proverbs 27:18
Lexham English Bible
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 27:18
New King James Version
Proverbs 27:18
New King James Version
18 (A)Whoever [a]keeps the fig tree will eat its fruit;
So he who waits on his master will be honored.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:18 protects or tends
Proverbs 27:20
Lexham English Bible
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.
Proverbs 27:20
New King James Version
Proverbs 27:20
New King James Version
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:20 Or Sheol
- Proverbs 27:20 Heb. Abaddon
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