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13 Get security from someone who guarantees a stranger’s debt.
    Get a deposit if he does it for foreigners.[a]

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  1. 27:13 As in Greek and Latin versions (see also 20:16); Hebrew reads for a promiscuous woman.

13 Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger;
    seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.[a](A)

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  1. 27.13 Vg and 20.16: Heb for a foreign woman

18 As workers who tend a fig tree are allowed to eat the fruit,
    so workers who protect their employer’s interests will be rewarded.

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18 Anyone who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
    and anyone who takes care of a master will be honored.(A)

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20 Just as Death and Destruction[a] are never satisfied,
    so human desire is never satisfied.

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  1. 27:20 Hebrew Sheol and Abaddon.

20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,
    and human eyes are never satisfied.(A)

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