Proverbs 6:1-5
New American Standard Bible
Parental Counsel
6 My son, if you have become a (A)guarantor for your neighbor,
Or have given a handshake for a stranger,
2 If you have been ensnared by the words of your mouth,
Or caught by the words of your mouth,
3 Then do this, my son, and save yourself:
Since you have come into the [a]hand of your neighbor,
Go, humble yourself, and be urgent with your neighbor to free yourself.
4 Give no (B)sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids;
5 Save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand,
And like a (C)bird from the hand of the fowler.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:3 Lit palm
Proverbs 6:1-5
International Standard Version
The Folly of Guaranteeing Loans
6 My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor,
if you have agreed to a deal[a] with a stranger,
2 trapped by your own words,
and caught by your own words,
3 then do this, my son, and deliver yourself,
because you have come under your neighbor’s control.[b]
Go, humble yourself!
Plead passionately with your neighbor!
4 Don’t allow yourself to sleep
or even to close your eyes.
5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a hunter’s hand,[c]
or like a bird from a fowler’s hand.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:1 Lit. have clapped your hands; i.e. have shaken hands
- Proverbs 6:3 Lit. into the hands of your neighbor
- Proverbs 6:5 So MT; LXX Syr Targ read from the hunter; or a noose
Proverbs 11:15
New American Standard Bible
15 One who is a (A)guarantor for a stranger will certainly suffer for it,
But one who hates [a]being a guarantor is secure.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:15 Lit those who strike hands
Proverbs 11:15
International Standard Version
15 Securing a loan for a stranger will bring suffering,
but by refusing to do so, one remains safe.
Proverbs 17:18
New American Standard Bible
18 A person lacking in [a]sense (A)shakes hands
And becomes guarantor in the presence of his neighbor.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:18 Lit heart
Proverbs 17:18
International Standard Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:18 Lit. heart
- Proverbs 17:18 Lit. sense strikes the palm
Proverbs 20:16
New American Standard Bible
16 Take his garment when he becomes guarantor for a stranger;
And for foreigners, seize a pledge from him.
Proverbs 20:16
International Standard Version
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.
Proverbs 22:26-27
New American Standard Bible
26 Do not be among those who (A)shake hands,
Among those who become guarantors for debts.
27 If you have nothing with which to repay,
Why should he (B)take your bed from under you?
Proverbs 22:26-27
International Standard Version
26 Don’t be one of those who make promises
to guarantee loans for debts.
27 If you don’t have the ability to pay,
why should your very bed be taken from under you?
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