I will be surety for him; of my hand you shall require him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame for ever;
Proverbs 6:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger; More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, If thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition MY SON, if you have become security for your neighbor, if you have given your pledge for a stranger or another, American Standard Version (1901) My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger; Common English Bible My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor or shake hands in agreement with a stranger, Catholic Public Domain Version My son, if you have taken a pledge on behalf of your friend, then you have bound your hand to an outsider, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, thou hast engaged fast thy hand to a stranger. |
I will be surety for him; of my hand you shall require him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame for ever;
“Lay down a pledge for me with thyself; who is there that will give surety for me?
He who gives surety for a stranger will smart for it, but he who hates suretyship is secure.
A man without sense gives a pledge, and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.
Take a man's garment when he has given surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners.
Take a man's garment when he has given surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners.
if you are snared in the utterance of your lips, caught in the words of your mouth;
For thou hast rejected thy people, the house of Jacob, because they are full of diviners from the east and of soothsayers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with foreigners.