Proverbs 27:13
World English Bible (WEB)
Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!
In context
11 Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.
12 A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
13 Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!
14 He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.
15 A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
Proverbs 27:13 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!
- KJV King James Version
- Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for a foreign woman.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.