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13 Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger.
    Hold it for a wayward woman!

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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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18 Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit.
    He who looks after his master shall be honored.

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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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20 Sheol[a] and Abaddon are never satisfied;
    and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.

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Footnotes

  1. 27:20 Sheol is the place of the dead.

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