Proverbs 22:27
25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
- KJV
- If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
- WEB
- If you don’t have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?
- ASV
- If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
- DARBY
- if thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
- BLB
- If there is nothing unto you to repay, why should he take your bed from under you?
- ÅB
- Når du intet har å betale med, hvorfor skal de da ta din seng bort under deg?
- OTB
- Hvis du ikke har noe å betale med, hvorfor skal din seng bli tatt fra deg?
- B1930
- Når du intet har å betale med, hvorfor skal de da ta din seng bort under dig?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 20:16
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Read in context2 Kings 4:1
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
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:
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