"For your servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, 'If I do not bring him back to you, then let me bear the blame before my father forever.'

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

He who is guarantor for a stranger will surely suffer for it, But he who hates being a guarantor is secure.

A man lacking in sense pledges And becomes guarantor in the presence of his neighbor.

Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger; And for foreigners, hold him in pledge.

Do not be among those who give pledges, Among those who become guarantors for debts.

Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger; And for an adulterous woman hold him in pledge.