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10 Strangers will consume your wealth,
    and someone else will enjoy the fruit of your labor.

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10 so that strangers don’t enrich themselves at your expense,[a]
    and your work won’t end up the possession of foreigners.[b]

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 5:10 Lit. don’t satisfy themselves with your strength
  2. Proverbs 5:10 Lit. won’t go into a foreigner’s house

Lessons for Daily Life

My child,[a] if you have put up security for a friend’s debt
    or agreed to guarantee the debt of a stranger—

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Notas al pie

  1. 6:1 Hebrew My son.

The Folly of Guaranteeing Loans

My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor,
if you have agreed to a deal[a] with a stranger,

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 6:1 Lit. have clapped your hands; i.e. have shaken hands

15 There’s danger in putting up security for a stranger’s debt;
    it’s safer not to guarantee another person’s debt.

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15 Securing a loan for a stranger will bring suffering,
    but by refusing to do so, one remains safe.

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

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Notas al pie

  1. 20:16 An alternate reading in the Masoretic Text is for a promiscuous woman.

16 Take the garment of anyone who puts up collateral for a stranger;
    hold it in pledge if he does it for an unfamiliar woman.

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