I will be a pledge of his safety. From my hand you shall require him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever.
Proverbs 6:1 - English Standard Version 2016 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, If thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition MY SON, if you have become security for your neighbor, if you have given your pledge for a stranger or another, American Standard Version (1901) My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger; Common English Bible My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor or shake hands in agreement with a stranger, Catholic Public Domain Version My son, if you have taken a pledge on behalf of your friend, then you have bound your hand to an outsider, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, thou hast engaged fast thy hand to a stranger. |
I will be a pledge of his safety. From my hand you shall require him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever.
“Lay down a pledge for me with you; who is there who will put up security for me?
Whoever puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer harm, but he who hates striking hands in pledge is secure.
One who lacks sense gives a pledge and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor.
Take a man’s garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.
Take a man’s garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress.
if you are snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth,
For you have rejected your people, the house of Jacob, because they are full of things from the east and of fortune-tellers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of foreigners.