King James Version with Apocrypha
"My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,"
— Proverbs 6:1, King James Version with Apocrypha
“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 you have made yourself responsible for your neighbour, or given your word for another,”
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.