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 lest strangers take their fill of your strength,[a]
    and your labors go to the house of an alien;

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 5:10 Or wealth

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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Practical Admonitions

My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor,
    have given your pledge for 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 He who gives surety for a stranger will smart for it,
    but he who hates suretyship is 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 a man’s garment when he has given surety for a stranger,
    and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners.

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