I'll be collateral for him. From my hand will you require him. If I don't bring him to you, and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever,
Proverbs 6:1 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in 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'll be collateral for him. From my hand will you require him. If I don't bring him to you, and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever,
*Now give a pledge, be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?
He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.
A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.
Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
Don't you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.
Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!
You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth.
For you have forsaken your people, the house of Ya`akov, because they are filled from the east, with those who practice divination like the Pelishtim, and they clasp hands with the children of foreigners.