6 My son, if you have become ^(A)surety for your neighbor,
Have ^[a]given a 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 importune 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.

¹⁵ He who is ^(A)guarantor for a stranger will surely suffer for it,
But he who hates ^[a]being a guarantor is secure.

¹⁸ A man lacking in ^[a]sense ^[b](A)pledges
And becomes guarantor in the presence of his neighbor.

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

⁷ The ^(A)rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.