I myself will be his pledge. You can demand him back from my own hand. If I don’t bring him back to you and place him before you, then you can blame me all my days.
Proverbs 6:1 - Tree of Life Version My son, if you have become a cosigner for your neighbor, if you have shaken hands in pledge 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 myself will be his pledge. You can demand him back from my own hand. If I don’t bring him back to you and place him before you, then you can blame me all my days.
“Make then a pledge for me with You. Who else would strike hands with me?
Whoever puts up security for a stranger will have trouble, but whoever avoids shaking hands on such a deal is secure.
A man lacking judgment shakes hands on a deal and puts up financial security for his neighbor.
Take a man’s garment, who puts up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge, as security for a foreign woman.
Take a man’s garment, who puts up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge, as security for a seductive woman.
if you are trapped by your own words, ensnared by the words of your mouth,
For You have forsaken Your people, the house of Jacob. For they are filled with soothsayers from the east, and they have clapped hands with the children of foreigners.
How much more then has Yeshua become the guarantee of a better covenant.