Bible in Basic English
"My son, if you have made yourself responsible for your neighbour, or given your word for another,"
— Proverbs 6:1, Bible in Basic English
“My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,”
“My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger; ”
“My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger;”
“Admonitions and Warnings against Dangerous and Destructive Acts My child, if you have made a pledge for your neighbor, if you have become a guarantor for a stranger,”
“My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, thou hast engaged fast thy hand to a stranger,”
“My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,”
My son, if you have made yourself responsible for your neighbour, or given your word for another,
You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.
Do this, my son, and make yourself free, because you have come into the power of your neighbour; go without waiting, and make a strong request to your neighbour.
Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;