Proverbs 27:13
New International Version
Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.

New Living Translation
Get security from someone who guarantees a stranger’s debt. Get a deposit if he does it for foreigners.

English Standard Version
Take a man’s garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress.

Berean Standard Bible
Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

King James Bible
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

New King James Version
Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger, And hold it in pledge when he is surety for a seductress.

New American Standard Bible
Take his garment when he becomes a guarantor for a stranger; And for a foreign woman seize a pledge from him.

NASB 1995
Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger; And for an adulterous woman hold him in pledge.

NASB 1977
Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger; And for an adulterous woman hold him in pledge.

Legacy Standard Bible
Take his garment when he becomes a guarantor for a stranger; And for a foreign woman seize it as a pledge.

Amplified Bible
[The judge tells the creditor,] “Take the garment of one who is surety (guarantees a loan) for a stranger; And hold him in pledge when he is surety for an immoral woman [for it is unlikely the debt will be repaid].”

Christian Standard Bible
Take his garment, for he has put up security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for foreigners.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Take his garment, for he has put up security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for foreigners.

American Standard Version
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for a foreign woman.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The cloak of him who is security for a stranger is taken, and for the person of a stranger he pledges it.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Take away the man's garment, (for a scorner has passed by) whoever lays waste another's goods.

Contemporary English Version
You deserve to lose your coat if you loan it to someone to guarantee payment for the debt of a stranger.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.

English Revised Version
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; and hold him in pledge that is surety for a strange woman.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Hold on to the garment of one who guarantees a stranger's loan, and hold responsible the person who makes a loan in behalf of a foreigner.

Good News Translation
Any people stupid enough to promise to be responsible for a stranger's debts deserve to have their own property held to guarantee payment.

International Standard Version
Take the coat of anyone who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he cosigns for an immoral woman.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for an alien woman.

Literal Standard Version
Take his garment when a stranger has been guarantor, | And pledge it for a strange woman.

Majority Standard Bible
Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

New American Bible
Take the garment of the one who became surety for a stranger; if for a foreign woman, exact the pledge!

NET Bible
Take a man's garment when he has given security for a stranger, and when he gives surety for a stranger, hold him in pledge.

New Revised Standard Version
Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger; seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.

New Heart English Bible
Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman.

Webster's Bible Translation
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

World English Bible
Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!

Young's Literal Translation
Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Do not Boast about Tomorrow
12The prudent see danger and take cover; but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. 13Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner. 14If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted to him as a curse.…

Cross References
Proverbs 6:1
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,

Proverbs 11:15
He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.

Proverbs 20:16
Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

Proverbs 27:12
The prudent see danger and take cover; but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.


Treasury of Scripture

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

Proverbs 6:1-4
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, …

Proverbs 20:16
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

Proverbs 22:26,27
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts…

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Proverbs 27
1. observations of self love
5. of true love
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(13) Take a pledge of him for a strange woman.--See above on Proverbs 20:16; and for "strange woman" comp. note on Proverbs 2:16.

Verse 13. - A repetition of Proverbs 20:16. The LXX., which omits this passage in its proper place, here translates, "Take away his garment, for a scorner passed by, whoever lays waste another's goods."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Take
קַח־ (qaḥ-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

the garment
בִּ֭גְדוֹ (biḡ·ḏōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 899: A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage

of him who
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

posts security
עָ֣רַב (‘ā·raḇ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6148: To braid, intermix, technically, to traffic, give to be security

for a stranger;
זָ֑ר (zār)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2114: To turn aside, to be a, foreigner, strange, profane, to commit adultery

get collateral
חַבְלֵֽהוּ׃ (ḥaḇ·lê·hū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2254: To wind tightly, to bind, a pledge, to pervert, destroy, to writhe in pain

if it is for
וּבְעַ֖ד (ū·ḇə·‘aḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 1157: In up to, over against, at, beside, among, behind, for

a wayward woman.
נָכְרִיָּ֣ה (nā·ḵə·rî·yāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 5237: Foreign, alien


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