Proverbs 6:1-5
World English Bible
6 My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor,
if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,
2 you are trapped by the words of your mouth;
you are ensnared with the words of your mouth.
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself,
since you have come into the hand of your neighbor.
Go, humble yourself.
Press your plea with your neighbor.
4 Give no sleep to your eyes,
nor slumber to your eyelids.
5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
Proverbs 6:1-5
American Standard Version
6 My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor,
If thou hast stricken [a]thy hands for a stranger;
2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth,
Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself,
Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor:
Go, [b]humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;
4 Give not sleep to thine eyes,
Nor slumber to thine eyelids;
5 Deliver thyself as a [c]roe from the hand of the hunter,
And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:1 Or, thy hand with a stranger
- Proverbs 6:3 Or, bestir
- Proverbs 6:5 Or, gazelle
Proverbs 11:15
World English Bible
15 He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it,
but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.
Proverbs 11:15
American Standard Version
15 He that is surety for a stranger [a]shall smart for it;
But he that hateth [b]suretyship is secure.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:15 Hebrew shall be sore broken.
- Proverbs 11:15 Hebrew those that strike hands.
Proverbs 17:18
World English Bible
18 A man void of understanding strikes hands,
and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.
Proverbs 17:18
American Standard Version
18 A man void of [a]understanding striketh hands,
And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:18 Hebrew heart.
Proverbs 20:16
World English Bible
16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger;
and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
Proverbs 20:16
American Standard Version
16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger;
And [a]hold him in pledge that is surety for [b]foreigners.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:16 Or, take a pledge of him
- Proverbs 20:16 Another reading is, a foreign woman.
Proverbs 22:7
World English Bible
7 The rich rule over the poor.
The borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 22:7
American Standard Version
7 The rich ruleth over the poor;
And the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 22:26-27
World English Bible
26 Don’t you be one of those who strike hands,
of those who are collateral for debts.
27 If you don’t have means to pay,
why should he take away your bed from under you?
Proverbs 22:26-27
American Standard Version
26 Be thou not one of them that strike hands,
Or of them that are sureties for debts.
27 If thou hast not wherewith to pay,
Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Proverbs 27:13
World English Bible
13 Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger.
Hold it for a wayward woman!
Proverbs 27:13
American Standard Version
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger;
And hold him in pledge that is surety for a foreign woman.
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