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Thursday, October 10th, 2024
the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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Proverbs 27:13

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Surety (Guarantee);   Thompson Chain Reference - Business Life;   Credit System;   Suretyship;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Loan;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Proverbs, Book of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Suretyship;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Pledge;   Surety;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
Take his garment when he becomes a guarantor for a stranger;And for a foreign woman seize it as a pledge.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger; And for an adulterous woman hold him in pledge.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Take his garment that is suretie for a straunger, and take a pledge of hym for the vnknowen sake.
Darby Translation
Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.
New King James Version
Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger, And hold it in pledge when he is surety for a seductress.
Literal Translation
Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge who is surety for a strange woman.
Easy-to-Read Version
When you make a deal with a stranger, get something from him and any other foreigners with him to make sure he will pay you.
World English Bible
Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger; Hold it for a wayward woman!
King James Version (1611)
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
King James Version
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Take his garment that is suertie for a straunger, & take a pledge of him for the vnknowne mans sake.
THE MESSAGE
Hold tight to collateral on any loan to a stranger; be wary of accepting what a transient has pawned.
Amplified Bible
[The judge tells the creditor,] "Take the garment of one who is surety (guarantees a loan) for a stranger; And hold him in pledge when he is surety for an immoral woman [for it is unlikely the debt will be repaid]."
American Standard Version
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for a foreign woman.
Bible in Basic English
Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.
Update Bible Version
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for a foreign woman.
Webster's Bible Translation
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Contemporary English Version
Don't loan money to a stranger unless you are given something to guarantee payment.
Complete Jewish Bible
Seize his clothes because he guaranteed a stranger's loan; take them as security for that unknown woman.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.
George Lamsa Translation
He who is surety for a stranger, his cloak will be taken away from him and held in pledge for the stranger.
Hebrew Names Version
Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger; Hold it for a wayward woman!
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; and hold him in pledge that is surety for an alien woman.
New Living Translation
Get security from someone who guarantees a stranger's debt. Get a deposit if he does it for foreigners.
New Life Bible
Take the man's coat who has given himself as trust for what a stranger owes. And hold him to his promise who has given it as trust for a sinful woman.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
As a fall of snow in the time of harvest is good against heat, so a faithful messenger refreshes those that send him; for he helps the souls of his employers.
English Revised Version
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; and hold him in pledge that is surety for a strange woman.
Berean Standard Bible
Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a wayward woman.
New Revised Standard
Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger; seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Take a man's garment when he hath become pledge for stranger, then, for a female unknown, accept him as surety.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.
Lexham English Bible
Take his garment, for he gives surety to a stranger, and to an adulteress—so take his pledge.
English Standard Version
Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress.
New American Standard Bible
Take his garment when he becomes a guarantor for a stranger; And for a foreign woman seize a pledge from him.
New Century Version
Take the coat of someone who promises to pay a stranger's loan, and keep it until he pays what the stranger owes.
Good News Translation
Any people stupid enough to promise to be responsible for a stranger's debts deserve to have their own property held to guarantee payment.
Christian Standard Bible®
Take his garment, for he has put up security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for foreigners.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Take thou awei his clooth, that bihiyte for a straunger; and take thou awei a wed fro hym for an alien man.
Revised Standard Version
Take a man's garment when he has given surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners.
Young's Literal Translation
Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.

Contextual Overview

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

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Proverbs 6:1-4, Proverbs 20:16, Proverbs 22:26, Proverbs 22:27, Exodus 22:26

Cross-References

Genesis 25:23
and the Lord said to her, "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples will be separated from within you. One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger."
Genesis 25:33
But Jacob said, "Swear an oath to me now." So Esau swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.
Genesis 27:8
Now then, my son, do exactly what I tell you!
Genesis 27:24
Then he asked, "Are you really my son Esau?" "I am," Jacob replied.
Genesis 27:28
May God give you the dew of the sky and the richness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.
Genesis 27:36
Esau exclaimed, "‘Jacob' is the right name for him! He has tripped me up two times! He took away my birthright, and now, look, he has taken away my blessing!" Then he asked, "Have you not kept back a blessing for me?"
Genesis 27:45
Stay there until your brother's anger against you subsides and he forgets what you did to him. Then I'll send someone to bring you back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?"
Genesis 43:9
I myself pledge security for him; you may hold me liable. If I do not bring him back to you and place him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life.
1 Samuel 25:24
Falling at his feet, she said, "My lord, I accept all the guilt! But please let your female servant speak with my lord! Please listen to the words of your servant!
2 Samuel 14:9
The Tekoan woman said to the king, "My lord the king, let any blame fall on me and on the house of my father. But let the king and his throne be innocent!"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. :-, where the same proverb is, and is expressed in the same words as here.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare the marginal reference.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 27:13. Take his garment — The same as Proverbs 20:16.


 
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