For I made myself responsible for the boy to my father, saying, If I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.

My son, if you have made yourself responsible for your neighbour, or given your word for another,

He who makes himself responsible for a strange man will undergo much loss; but the hater of such undertakings will be safe.

A man without sense gives his hand in an agreement, and makes himself responsible before his neighbour.

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.

Be not one of those who give their hands in an agreement, or of those who make themselves responsible for debts:

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.