Proverbs 27:13

13 Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.

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Proverbs 27:13 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
English Standard Version (ESV)
13 Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress.
New Living Translation (NLT)
13 Get security from someone who guarantees a stranger’s debt. Get a deposit if he does it for foreigners.
The Message Bible (MSG)
13 Hold tight to collateral on any loan to a stranger; be wary of accepting what a transient has pawned.
American Standard Version (ASV)
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for a foreign woman.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
13 Hold on to the garment of one who guarantees a stranger's loan, and hold responsible the person who makes a loan in behalf of a foreigner.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
13 Take his garment, for he has put up security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for foreigners.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
13 Take the coat of one who puts up money for what a stranger owes. Hold it until you get paid back if he does it for a woman who commits adultery.

Proverbs 27:13 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 27:13

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a
pledge of him for a strange woman.] (See Gill on Proverbs 20:16), where the same proverb is, and is expressed in the same words as here.

Proverbs 27:13 In-Context

11 Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart; then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.
12 The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
13 Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.
14 If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.
15 A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;

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