Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.
To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;
There is gold and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!
For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,
My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger;
Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.
that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.