Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha saying, “Your servant my husband is dead—you know that your servant feared Adonai. Now the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.”
Proverbs 22:27 - Tree of Life Version If you do not have enough to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If thou hast nothing to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If you have nothing with which to pay, why should he take your bed from under you? American Standard Version (1901) If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee? Common English Bible If you can’t repay, why should they be able to take your bed from you? Catholic Public Domain Version For if you do not have the means to restore, what reason should there be for him to take the covering from your bed? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For if thou have not wherewith to restore, what cause is there, that he should take the covering from thy bed? |
Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha saying, “Your servant my husband is dead—you know that your servant feared Adonai. Now the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.”
Take a man’s garment, who puts up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge, as security for a foreign woman.