Be not one of those who give pledges, who become surety for debts.
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts.
Be not one of those who strike hands and pledge themselves, or of those who become security for another's debts.
Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts.
Don’t shake hands to guarantee a loan.
Do not be willing to be with those who certify with their hands, and who offer themselves as a guarantee against debts.
Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts:
He who gives surety for a stranger will smart for it, but he who hates suretyship is secure.
A man without sense gives a pledge, and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.
Take a man's garment when he has given surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners.