Proverbs 6:1-5
Legacy Standard Bible
Practical Warnings
6 My son, if you have become a (A)guarantor for your neighbor,
Have struck your [a]hands in pledge for a stranger,
2 If you have been snared with the words of your mouth,
Have been caught with the words of your mouth,
3 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.
4 Give no (B)sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids;
5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand
And like a (C)bird from the hand of the fowler.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 6:1 Lit palms
- 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.
Notas al pie
- 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
Legacy Standard Bible
15 If one becomes a (A)guarantor for a stranger, he will surely suffer,
But he who hates [a]striking hands in pledge is secure.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 11:15 Or being a guarantor
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
Legacy Standard Bible
18 A man lacking a heart of wisdom (A)strikes his [a]hands in pledge
And becomes guarantor in the presence of his neighbor.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 17:18 Lit palms
Proverbs 17:18
International Standard Version
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 17:18 Lit. heart
- Proverbs 17:18 Lit. sense strikes the palm
Proverbs 20:16
Legacy Standard Bible
16 Take his garment when he becomes a guarantor for a stranger;
And for foreigners, hold him in pledge.
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 22:7
Legacy Standard Bible
7 The (A)rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is the slave of the lender.
Proverbs 22:7
International Standard Version
7 The wealthy rule over the poor,
and anyone who borrows is a slave to the lender.
Proverbs 22:26-27
Legacy Standard Bible
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?
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 22:26 Lit palms
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?
Proverbs 27:13
Legacy Standard Bible
13 (A)Take his garment when he becomes a guarantor for a stranger;
And for [a]a foreign woman seize it as a pledge.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 27:13 Or an adulterous, cf. 2:16
Proverbs 27:13
International Standard Version
13 Take the coat of anyone who puts up security for a stranger;
hold it in pledge if he cosigns for an immoral woman.
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