Proverbs 27:13
“Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.”
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Proverbs 27:13 Context
11My sonne, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answere him that reprocheth me. 12A prudent man foreseeth the euil, and hideth himselfe: but the simple passe on, and are punished. 13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. 14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising earely in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. 15A continuall dropping in a very rainie day, and a contentious woman, are alike.
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Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
- King James Version
Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger; And for an adulterous woman hold him in pledge.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge `that is surety' for a foreign woman.
- American Standard Version (1901)
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.
- Basic English Bible
Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.
- Darby Bible
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
- Webster's Bible
Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!
- World English Bible
Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; and hold him in pledge that is surety for an alien woman.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible