Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand,
New American Standard Bible
Have
King James Version
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
Holman Bible
or entered into an agreement with
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
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;
Themes
Business life » Debts » Suretyship, (indorsement), the dangers of
Credit system » Debts » Suretyship, (indorsement), the dangers of
Creditors » Might demand » Security of others
Hand » Clasping of, in token of contract
Interlinear
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Rea`
Taqa`
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 6:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Against Pledges
1 My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand, 2 Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,
Cross References
Proverbs 11:15
Evil one suffereth when he hath been surety for a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.
Proverbs 17:18
A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.
Proverbs 22:26
Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties for burdens.
Job 17:3
Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?
Proverbs 20:16
Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.
Proverbs 27:13
Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.
Genesis 43:9
I -- I am surety for him, from my hand thou dost require him; if I have not brought him in unto thee, and set him before thee -- then I have sinned against thee all the days;
Genesis 44:32-33
for thy servant obtained the youth by surety from my father, saying, If I bring him not in unto thee -- then I have sinned against my father all the days.
Hebrews 7:22
by so much of a better covenant hath Jesus become surety,