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Proverbs 27:13

Get security from someone who guarantees a stranger's debt. Get a deposit if he does it for foreigners.

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

Christian Standard Bible®
Take his garment,for he has put up security for a stranger;get collateral if it is for foreigners.
Hebrew Names Version
Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger; Hold it for a wayward woman!
King James Version
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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.
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]."
World English Bible
Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger; Hold it for a wayward woman!
Geneva Bible (1587)
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.
Legacy Standard Bible
Take his garment when he becomes a guarantor for a stranger;And for a foreign woman seize it as a pledge.
Berean Standard Bible
Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a wayward 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.
Darby Translation
Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge 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.
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.
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.
Lexham English Bible
Take his garment, for he gives surety to a stranger, and to an adulteress—so take his pledge.
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.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Take his garment that is suertie for a straunger, & take a pledge of him for the vnknowne mans sake.
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.
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.
King James Version (1611)
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Take his garment that is suretie for a straunger, and take a pledge of hym for the vnknowen sake.
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.
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.
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.
New English Translation
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
THE MESSAGE
Hold tight to collateral on any loan to a stranger; be wary of accepting what a transient has pawned.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger; And for an adulterous woman hold him in pledge.

Contextual Overview

13 Get security from someone who guarantees a stranger's debt. Get a deposit if he does it for foreigners.

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 told her, "The sons in your womb will become two nations. From the very beginning, the two nations will be rivals. One nation will be stronger than the other; and your older son will serve your younger son."
Genesis 25:33
But Jacob said, "First you must swear that your birthright is mine." So Esau swore an oath, thereby selling all his rights as the firstborn to his brother, Jacob.
Genesis 27:8
Now, my son, listen to me. Do exactly as I tell you.
Genesis 27:24
"But are you really my son Esau?" he asked. "Yes, I am," Jacob replied.
Genesis 27:28
"From the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth, may God always give you abundant harvests of grain and bountiful new wine.
Genesis 27:36
Esau exclaimed, "No wonder his name is Jacob, for now he has cheated me twice. First he took my rights as the firstborn, and now he has stolen my blessing. Oh, haven't you saved even one blessing for me?"
Genesis 27:45
When he calms down and forgets what you have done to him, I will send for you to come back. Why should I lose both of you in one day?"
Genesis 43:9
I personally guarantee his safety. You may hold me responsible if I don't bring him back to you. Then let me bear the blame forever.
1 Samuel 25:24
She fell at his feet and said, "I accept all blame in this matter, my lord. Please listen to what I have to say.
2 Samuel 14:9
"Oh, thank you, my lord the king," the woman from Tekoa replied. "If you are criticized for helping me, let the blame fall on me and on my father's house, and 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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