Whoever puts up security for a stranger will have trouble, but whoever avoids shaking hands on such a deal is secure.
Proverbs 20:16 - Tree of Life Version Take a man’s garment, who puts up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge, as security for a foreign woman. 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. |
Whoever puts up security for a stranger will have trouble, but whoever avoids shaking hands on such a deal is secure.
to deliver you from a seducing woman— a wayward wife with seductive words,
There is gold and abundance of rubies, but lips that speak knowledge are precious.
Bread gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is filled with gravel.
Take a man’s garment, who puts up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge, as security for a seductive woman.
For a seducing woman’s lips drip honey and her mouth is smoother than oil.
My son, if you have become a cosigner for your neighbor, if you have shaken hands in pledge with a stranger,
All of a sudden, a woman meets him, dressed as a prostitute and with a cunning heart.
They will keep you from a seducing woman, from the foreign woman with her seductive speech.