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Proverbs 11:15

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

KJV

Affligetur malo qui fidem facit pro extraneo ; qui autem cavet laqueos securus erit.

Vulgate

πονηρὸς κακοποιεῖ ὅταν συνμίξῃ δικαίῳ, μισεῖ δὲ ἦχον ἀσφαλείας.

LXX

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; But he that hateth suretyship is secure.

ASV

רַע יֵ֭רוֹעַ כִּי עָ֣רַב זָ֑ר וְ/שֹׂנֵ֖א תֹקְעִ֣ים בּוֹטֵֽחַ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֹּטְחִ֖ים
btchym
verb · 117×
זָ֑ר
zr
verb · 76×
י
y
verb · 148×
יֵּ֥רַע
yr'
verb · 102×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
עָ֣רַב
'rb
verb · 23×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×
תָקְע֖וּ
tq'v
verb · 70×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Job 17:3 — Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
  • Prov 6:1 — My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
  • Prov 6:1 — My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
  • Prov 17:18 — A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
  • Prov 17:18 — A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
  • Prov 20:16 — Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
  • Prov 20:16 — Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
  • Prov 22:26 — Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
  • Prov 22:26 — Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.