Proverbs 20:16 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹⁶ Take a man's garment when he has given surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: And take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ [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)

¹⁶ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for foreigners.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Take the garment of the person who secures a loan for a stranger; take his pledge for a foreigner.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers.

Proverbs 20:16 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 11:15

He who gives surety for a stranger will smart for it, but he who hates suretyship is secure.

Proverbs 2:16

You will be saved from the loose woman, from the adventuress with her smooth words,

Proverbs 20:15

There is gold, and abundance of costly stones; but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

Proverbs 20:17

Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.

Proverbs 23:27

For a harlot is a deep pit; an adventuress is a narrow well.

Proverbs 27:13

Take a man's garment when he has given surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners.

Proverbs 5:3

For the lips of a loose woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;

Proverbs 6:1

My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger;

Proverbs 7:10

And lo, a woman meets him, dressed as a harlot, wily of heart.

Proverbs 7:5

to preserve you from the loose woman, from the adventuress with her smooth words.