Proverbs 6:1

In 11 translations

BSB

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,

KJV

My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

WEB

My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,

ASV

My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;

LSV

My son! If you have been guarantor for your friend, || Have struck your hand for a stranger,

YLT

My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand,

DBY

My son, if thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand for a stranger,

DRC

My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, thou hast engaged fast thy hand to a stranger.

GNV

My sonne, if thou be surety for thy neighbour, and hast striken hands with the stranger,

JPS

My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbour, if thou hast struck thy hands for a stranger —

LXXE

My son, if thou become surety for thy friend, thou shalt deliver thine hand to an enemy.

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WLC

בְּ֭נִי אִם־עָרַ֣בְתָּ לְרֵעֶ֑ךָ תָּקַ֖עְתָּ לַזָּ֣ר כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃

LXX-Br

Υἱὲ, ἐὰν ἐγγυήσῃ σὸν φίλον, παραδώσεις σὴν χεῖρα ἐχθρῷ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 22:26Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
• Proverbs 17:18A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
• Proverbs 11:15He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.
• Proverbs 20:16Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
• Genesis 43:9I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life.
• Genesis 44:32–33Indeed, your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.’ Now please let your servant stay here as my lord’s slave…
• Job 17:3Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?
• Hebrews 7:22Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
• Proverbs 27:13Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
• Philemon 1:18–19But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to my account. I, Paul, write this with my own hand. I will repay it—not to mention that you owe me your very self.

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