Proverbs 27:13 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹³ Take a man's garment when he has given surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, And take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ [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. [Prov. 20:16.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for a foreign woman.

Common English Bible

¹³ Take the garment of the person who secures a loan for a stranger; take his pledge for a foreigner.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ Take away the garment of him who has vouched for an outsider. And take a pledge from him on behalf of foreigners.

Proverbs 27:13 Cross References

Proverbs 20:16

Take a man's garment when he has given surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners.

Exodus 22:26

If ever you take your neighbor's garment in pledge, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down;

Proverbs 11:15

He who gives surety for a stranger will smart for it, but he who hates suretyship is secure.

Proverbs 27:12

A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple go on, and suffer for it.