10 lest strangers take their fill of your strength,
    and your (A)labors go to the house of a foreigner,

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10     Otherwise, strangers will sap your strength,
        and your hard work will end up in a foreigner’s house.

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Practical Warnings

My son, if you have put up (A)security for your neighbor,
    have (B)given your pledge for a stranger,

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Wise advice

My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor
    or shake hands in agreement with a stranger,

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15 (A)Whoever puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer harm,
    but he who hates striking hands in pledge is secure.

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15 Guaranteeing the debt of a stranger brings big trouble,
    but the one who refuses to shake hands will be secure.

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16 (A)Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger,
    and (B)hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.[a]

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 20:16 Or for an adulteress (compare 27:13)

16 Take the garment of the person who secures a loan for a stranger;
    take his pledge for a foreigner.

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