Proverbs 27:13
What does Proverbs 27:13 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 27:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for a foreign woman.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for a foreign woman.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 22:26
Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Orof them that are sureties for debts.
- 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.
- Proverbs 6:1
My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;
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