Proverbs 20:16 - Easy To Read Version

You will lose your shirt if you make yourself responsible for another man’s debts.

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Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: And take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

[The judge tells the creditor] Take the garment of one who is security for a stranger; and hold him in pledge when he is security for foreigners.

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for foreigners.

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

Take away the vestments of him who stands up to vouch for a stranger, and take a pledge from him instead of from outsiders.

Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers.