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Proverbs 22:27

Proverbs chapter 22 · verse 27 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Context

v.26Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Orof them that are sureties for debts.

v.27This passage

v.28Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Kings 4:1

    Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear Jehovah: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen.

  • Exodus 22:26

    If thou at all take thy neighbor’s garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down:

  • Proverbs 20:16

    Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for foreigners.