To guarantee loans for a stranger brings trouble, but there is safety in refusing to do so.
Proverbs 22:26 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Do not be one of those who give pledges, who become surety for debts. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Be not one of those who strike hands and pledge themselves, or of those who become security for another's debts. American Standard Version (1901) Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts. Common English Bible Don’t shake hands to guarantee a loan. Catholic Public Domain Version Do not be willing to be with those who certify with their hands, and who offer themselves as a guarantee against debts. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts: |
To guarantee loans for a stranger brings trouble, but there is safety in refusing to do so.
Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger; seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.