Parallel Verses

King James Version

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

New American Standard Bible

My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor,
Have given a pledge for a stranger,

Holman Bible

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor
or entered into an agreement with a stranger,

International Standard Version

My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor, if you have agreed to a deal with a stranger,

A Conservative Version

My son, if thou have become surety for thy neighbor, if thou have struck thy hands for a stranger,

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

My son, if you have become surety (guaranteed a debt or obligation) for your neighbor,
If you have given your pledge for [the debt of] a stranger or another [outside your family],

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

My son, if thou becamest surety for thy friend, thou didst strike thy hands for a stranger;

King James 2000

My son, if you become surety for your friend, if you have struck your hand with a stranger,

Lexham Expanded Bible

My child, if you have pledged to your neighbor, [if] you have bound {yourself} to the stranger,

Modern King James verseion

My son, if you are surety for your friend, if you struck your palms with a stranger,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

My son, if thou be surety for thy neighbour, thou hast fastened thine hand with another man:

NET Bible

My child, if you have made a pledge for your neighbor, and have become a guarantor for a stranger,

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

My son, if thou have become surety for thy neighbour, - have struck for a stranger thy hands,

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
if thou hast stricken
תּקע 
Taqa` 
Usage: 68

כּף 
Kaph 
Usage: 192

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

Against Pledges

1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, 2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.


Cross References

Proverbs 11:15

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

Proverbs 17:18

A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

Proverbs 22:26

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

Job 17:3

Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

Proverbs 20:16

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

Proverbs 27:13

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

Genesis 43:9

I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:

Genesis 44:32-33

For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.

Hebrews 7:22

By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.

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