Proverbs 6:1 - The Message1-5 Dear friend, if you’ve gone into hock with your neighbor or locked yourself into a deal with a stranger, If you’ve impulsively promised the shirt off your back and now find yourself shivering out in the cold, Friend, don’t waste a minute, get yourself out of that mess. You’re in that man’s clutches! Go, put on a long face; act desperate. Don’t procrastinate— there’s no time to lose. Run like a deer from the hunter, fly like a bird from the trapper! See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 17691 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, If thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition1 MY SON, if you have become security for your neighbor, if you have given your pledge for a stranger or another, See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)1 My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger; See the chapterCommon English Bible1 My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor or shake hands in agreement with a stranger, See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version1 My son, if you have taken a pledge on behalf of your friend, then you have bound your hand to an outsider, See the chapter |