Proverbs 22:27 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee? 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 there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead: and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for strangers.