Proverbs 6:1 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor or pledge yourself for a stranger with a handshake,(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

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

DBY:

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

ERV:

My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbour, if thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger,

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

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

Proverbs 6:1 Cross References

XREF:

Proverbs 11:15 He who is guarantor for a stranger will surely suffer for it, But he who hates being a guarantor is secure.

Proverbs 17:18 A man lacking in sense pledges And becomes guarantor in the presence of his neighbor.

Proverbs 20:16 Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger; And for foreigners, hold him in pledge.

Proverbs 22:26 Do not be among those who give pledges, Among those who become guarantors for debts.

Proverbs 27:13 Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger; And for an adulterous woman hold him in pledge. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

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.

MHC:

6:1-5 If we live as directed by the word of God, we shall find it profitable even in this present world. We are stewards of our worldly substance, and have to answer to the Lord for our disposal of it; to waste it in rash schemes, or such plans as may entangle us in difficulties and temptations, is wrong. A man ought never to be surety for more than he is able and willing to pay, and can afford to pay, without wronging his family; he ought to look upon every sum he is engaged for, as his own debt. If we must take all this care to get our debts to men forgiven, much more to obtain forgiveness with God. Humble thyself to him, make sure of Christ as thy Friend, to plead for thee; pray earnestly that thy sins may be pardoned, and that thou mayest be kept from going down to the pit.

CONC:

Collateral Friend Hands Hast Neighbor Neighbour Pledge Responsible Security Stranger Stricken Struck Surety

Collateral Friend Hand Hands Neighbor Neighbour Pledge Responsible Security Stranger Stricken Struck Surety Word

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