13 (A)Take his garment when he becomes a guarantor for a stranger;
And for a foreign woman seize a pledge from him.

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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]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:13 Vg and 20.16: Heb a foreign woman

18 One who tends the (A)fig tree will eat its fruit,
And one who (B)cares for his master will be honored.

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18 He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
    and he who guards his master will be honored.

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20 [a](A)Sheol and [b]Abaddon are (B)never satisfied,
Nor are the (C)eyes of a person ever satisfied.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:20 I.e., The netherworld
  2. Proverbs 27:20 I.e., the place of destruction

20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,
    and never satisfied are the eyes of man.

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