Proverbs 20:16
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
KJV
Tolle vestimentum ejus qui fidejussor extitit alieni, et pro extraneis aufer pignus ab eo.
Vulgate
μὴ ἀγάπα καταλαλεῖν, ἵνα μὴ ἐξαρθῇς· διάνοιξον τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς σου καὶ ἐμπλήσθητι ἄρτων.
LXX
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for foreigners.
ASV
לְֽקַח בִּ֭גְד/וֹ כִּי עָ֣רַב זָ֑ר וּ/בְעַ֖ד נכרים נָכְרִיָּ֣ה חַבְלֵֽ/הוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בְּעַ֥ד
b'd
adverb · 103×
הוּ
hv
verb · 27×
ו
v
noun · 218×
זָ֑ר
zr
verb · 76×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
נָכְרִיָּֽה
nkryh
adjective · 46×
עָ֣רַב
'rb
verb · 23×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Exod 22:26 — If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
- Exod 22:26 — If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
- Prov 6:1 — My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
- Prov 11:15 — He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
- Prov 11:15 — He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
- Prov 17:18 — A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
- Prov 22:26 — Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
- Prov 22:27 — If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
- Prov 27:13 — Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
- Prov 27:13 — Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.