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New American Standard Bible
Proverbs 17:18
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One who lacks sense gives a pledge and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor.
A man destitute of vnderstanding, toucheth the hande, and becommeth suretie for his neighbour.
One without sense enters an agreementand puts up security for his friend.
A man void of understanding strikes hands, And becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.
Only a fool would promise to pay for someone else's debts.
A man lacking common sense gives a pledge And becomes guarantor [for the debt of another] in the presence of his neighbor.
A man void of understanding striketh hands, And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.
It's stupid to guarantee someone else's loan.
He who gives his hand to guarantee a loan for his neighbor lacks good sense.
A man void of understanding is he that striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his neighbour.
A man void of vnderstanding striketh hands, and becommeth suretie in the presence of his friend.
A foolish man applauds and rejoices over himself, as he also that becomes surety would make himself responsible for his own friends.
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his neighbour.
A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
A person who lacks sense pledges; he becomes security before his neighbor.
A man lacking heart strikes the hand, he pledges in the presence of his friend.
It is not wise to promise to pay what your neighbor owes.
The one who lacks wisdom strikes hands in pledge, and puts up financial security for his neighbor.
A man devoid of understanding shakes hands in a pledge, And becomes surety for his friend.
It's poor judgment to guarantee another person's debt or put up security for a friend.
A man without good thinking makes promises, and becomes a trust for what another man owes his neighbor.
A man lacking sense, is one who striketh hands, giving security, before his neighbour.
A foolish man will clap hands, when he is surety for his friend.
A foolish man pledges himself, for he becomes surety for his friend.
Only someone with no sense would promise to be responsible for someone else's debts.
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
Who so promiseth by the hande and is suretie for his neighbour, he is a foole.
It is senseless to give a pledge, to become surety for a neighbor.
A senseless man striketh hands, becoming surety for his neighbour.
A fonned man schal make ioie with hondis, whanne he hath bihiyt for his frend.
A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.
A man void of understanding strikes hands, And becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.
A man without sense gives a pledge, and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.
[A] man void of understanding strikes hands, And becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.
A man void of understanding striketh hands, [and] becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
A man without sense gives his hand in an agreement, and makes himself responsible before his neighbour.
Who so promiseth by the hande, & is suertie for another, he is a foole.
It's stupid to try to get something for nothing, or run up huge bills you can never pay.
A man lacking in sense pledges And becomes guarantor in the presence of his neighbor.
A man lacking a heart of wisdom strikes his hands in pledgeAnd becomes guarantor in the presence of his neighbor.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
void: Proverbs 6:1-5, Proverbs 11:15, Proverbs 20:16, Proverbs 22:16, Proverbs 22:27
understanding: Heb. heart
Reciprocal: Genesis 43:11 - carry down Job 17:3 - strike Psalms 112:5 - he will Proverbs 22:26 - General
Cross-References
"When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a wanderer and a drifter on the earth."
"Behold, You have driven me this day from the face of the ground; and I will be hidden from Your face, and I will be a wanderer and a drifter on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me."
Many are saying, "Who will show us anything good?" Lift up the light of Your face upon us, LORD!
As for me, You uphold me in my integrity, And You place me in Your presence forever.
But your wrongdoings have caused a separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear.
and I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will fear Me always, for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
"For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A man void of understanding striketh hands,.... With his friend's creditor, and becomes surety for him; and thereby acts a very unwise part, and shows himself to want understanding, by taking such a step, which may prove the ruin of himself and family: for though a man may and should love his friend at all times; yet he is not obliged, under a notion of friendship, to injure himself and his family, or to run the risk of it; if he does, it is a plain case he wants wisdom and discretion, see Proverbs 6:1;
[and] becometh surety in the presence of his friend; not the creditor, but the debtor; and to pass his word for him, when he is present, shows that his own word will not be taken; and that he is either thought to be in bad circumstances, and incapable of payment at the proper time; or else that he is a bad man, of dishonest principles, and will not; and in either case it is not advisable to become surety for such a man: and besides, doing it in his presence may make him more careless and unconcerned about making good his payment or contract at the appointed time, when he knows his friend is engaged him.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Compare the marginal reference. Since nothing is nobler than the self-sacrifice of the true friend Proverbs 17:17, so nothing is more contemptible than the weakness which allows itself to be sacrificed for the sake of worthless associates.
In the presence of his friend - i. e., “On behalf of” or “to his friend for some third person.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 17:18. Striketh hands — Striking each other's hands, or shaking hands, was anciently the form in concluding a contract. Proverbs 6:1.
