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).