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Practical Warnings

My son, if you have become a (A)guarantor for your neighbor,
Have struck your [a]hands in pledge for a stranger,
If you have been snared with the words of your mouth,
Have been caught with the words of your mouth,
Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself;
Since you have come into the [b]hand of your neighbor,
Go, humble yourself, and badger your neighbor.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:1 Lit palms
  2. Proverbs 6:3 Lit palm

Practical Admonitions

My child, if you have given your pledge to your neighbor,
    if you have bound yourself to another,[a](A)
you are snared by the utterance of your lips,[b]
    caught by the words of your mouth.
So do this, my child, and save yourself,
    for you have come into your neighbor’s power:
    go, hurry,[c] and plead with your neighbor.

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Footnotes

  1. 6.1 Or a stranger
  2. 6.2 Cn Compare Gk Syr: Heb the words of your mouth
  3. 6.3 Or humble yourself

18 A man lacking a heart of wisdom (A)strikes his [a]hands in pledge
And becomes guarantor in the presence of his neighbor.

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  1. Proverbs 17:18 Lit palms

18 It is senseless to give a pledge,
    to become surety for a neighbor.(A)

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16 Take his garment when he becomes a guarantor for a stranger;
And for foreigners, hold him in pledge.

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16 Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger;
    seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.

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The (A)rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is the slave of the lender.

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The rich rule over the poor,
    and the borrower is the slave of the lender.(A)

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13 (A)Take his garment when he becomes a guarantor for a stranger;
And for [a]a foreign woman seize it as a pledge.

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  1. Proverbs 27:13 Or an adulterous, cf. 2:16

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

26 Do not be among those who (A)strike [a]hands in pledge,
Among those who become guarantors for debts.
27 If you have nothing with which to pay,
Why should he (B)take your bed from under you?

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  1. Proverbs 22:26 Lit palms

26 Do not be one of those who give pledges,
    who become surety for debts.(A)
27 If you have nothing with which to pay,
    why should your bed be taken from under you?

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