Proverbs 27:13
11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Take the garment of him 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 his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!
- ASV
- Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for a foreign woman.
- DARBY
- Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.
- BLB
- Take his garment when a stranger posts security, 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 en fremmed kvinnes skyld!
- OTB
- Ta plagget til den som er kausjonist for en fremmed; hold det i pant når det er for en utlending.
- B1930
- Ta hans klær, han har gått i borgen for en annen, og ta pant av ham for en fremmed kvinnes skyld!
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 contextProverbs 6:1–4
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
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 contextExodus 22:26
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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