Proverbs 20:16
14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
- KJV
- Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
- WEB
- Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
- ASV
- Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for foreigners.
- DARBY
- Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for strangers.
- BLB
- Take his garment when it has been pledged for a stranger, and hold it in pledge for a foreign woman.
- ÅB
- Ta hans klær, han har gått i borgen for en annen, og ta pant av ham for fremmedes skyld!
- OTB
- Ta plagget til den som stiller sikkerhet for en fremmed; hold det i pant hvis det er for en utenforstående.
- B1930
- Ta hans klær, han har gått i borgen for en annen, og ta pant av ham for fremmedes skyld!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 27:13
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Read in contextExodus 22:26–27
If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
Read in contextProverbs 22:26–27
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Read in contextProverbs 11:15
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
Read in contextProverbs 7:5
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
Read in contextProverbs 7:10
And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
Read in contextProverbs 5:3
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
Read in contextProverbs 2:16
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
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