I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
Proverbs 6:1 - King James Version - American Edition My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with 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 surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretyship is sure.
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.