Proverbs 6:1
“My sonne, if thou bee surety for thy friend, it thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,”
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Proverbs 6:1 Context
1My sonne, if thou bee surety for thy friend, it thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, 2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the wordes of thy mouth. 3Doe this now, my sonne, and deliuer thy selfe, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend: goe, humble thy selfe, and make sure thy friend.
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Other Translations for Proverbs 6:1
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, [if] thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
- King James Version
My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, Have given a pledge for a stranger,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;
- American Standard Version (1901)
My son, if you have made yourself responsible for your neighbour, or given your word for another,
- Basic English Bible
My son, if thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand for a stranger,
- Darby Bible
My son, if thou art surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
- Webster's Bible
My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger;
- World English Bible
My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand,
- Youngs Literal Bible
My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbour, if thou hast struck thy hands for a stranger--
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Proverbs 6:1
6:1 Surety - Rashly, without considering how thou shalt discharge the debt as occasion require. Otherwise suretyship in some cases may be not only lawful, but an act of justice and charity. Stricken thy hand - Obliged thyself by giving thine hand, as the custom then was in such cases. With - With the creditor, whom he calls a stranger, because the usurers in Israel, who lent money to others, upon condition of paying use for it, were either Heathens, or were reputed as bad as Heathens, because this practice was forbidden by God's law, #Deut 23:19|.