If someone puts up security for a stranger, he will suffer for it, but the one who hates such agreements is protected.
Proverbs 20:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Take his garment, for he has put up security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for foreigners. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: And take a pledge of him for a strange woman. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [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. American Standard Version (1901) Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for foreigners. Common English Bible Take the garment of the person who secures a loan for a stranger; take his pledge for a foreigner. Catholic Public Domain Version Take away the vestments of him who stands up to vouch for a stranger, and take a pledge from him instead of from outsiders. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers. |
If someone puts up security for a stranger, he will suffer for it, but the one who hates such agreements is protected.
It will rescue you from a forbidden woman, from a wayward woman with her flattering talk,
There is gold and a multitude of jewels, but knowledgeable lips are a rare treasure.
Food gained by fraud is sweet to a person, but afterwards his mouth is full of gravel.
For a prostitute is a deep pit, and a wayward woman is a narrow well;
Take his garment, for he has put up security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for foreigners. ,
Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her words are smoother than oil,
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbour or entered into an agreement with a stranger,
A woman came to meet him dressed like a prostitute, having a hidden agenda.
She will keep you from a forbidden woman, a wayward woman with her flattering talk.