Now the wife of a member of the company of prophets cried to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord, but a creditor has come to take my two children as slaves.”
Proverbs 22:27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If thou hast nothing to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If you have nothing with which to pay, why should he take your bed from under you? American Standard Version (1901) If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee? Common English Bible If you can’t repay, why should they be able to take your bed from you? Catholic Public Domain Version For if you do not have the means to restore, what reason should there be for him to take the covering from your bed? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For if thou have not wherewith to restore, what cause is there, that he should take the covering from thy bed? |
Now the wife of a member of the company of prophets cried to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord, but a creditor has come to take my two children as slaves.”
Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger; seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.