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Saying 4

Proverbs 22:26

In 11 translations

BSB
Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
KJV
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
WEB
Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.
ASV
Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts.
LSV
Do not be among those striking hands, || Among sureties [for] burdens.
YLT
Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties [for] burdens.
DBY
Be not of them that strike hands, of them that are sureties for debts:
DRC
Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts:
GNV
Be not thou of them that touch the hand, nor among them that are suretie for debts.
JPS
Be thou not of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts;
LXXE
Become not surety from respect of a man's person.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
אַל־תְּהִ֥י בְתֹֽקְעֵי־כָ֑ף בַּ֝עֹרְבִ֗ים מַשָּׁאֽוֹת׃
LXX-Br
Μὴ δίδου σεαυτὸν εἰς ἐγγύην αἰσχυνόμενος πρόσωπον·

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 11:15He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.
  • Proverbs 6:1–5My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger, if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth, then do this, my son,…
  • Proverbs 17:18A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
  • Proverbs 27:13Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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