Proverbs 22:26–27
Proverbs 22:26–27 — The New International Version (NIV)
26 Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge
or puts up security for debts;
27 if you lack the means to pay,
your very bed will be snatched from under you.
Proverbs 22:26–27 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands,
Or of them that are sureties for debts.
27 If thou hast nothing to pay,
Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Proverbs 22:26–27 — New Living Translation (NLT)
26 Don’t agree to guarantee another person’s debt
or put up security for someone else.
27 If you can’t pay it,
even your bed will be snatched from under you.
Proverbs 22:26–27 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
26 Do not be one of those who shakes hands in a pledge,
One of those who is surety for debts;
27 If you have nothing with which to pay,
Why should he take away your bed from under you?
Proverbs 22:26–27 — New Century Version (NCV)
26 Don’t promise to pay what someone else owes,
and don’t guarantee anyone’s loan.
27 If you cannot pay the loan,
your own bed may be taken right out from under you.
Proverbs 22:26–27 — American Standard Version (ASV)
26 Be thou not one of them that strike hands,
Or of them that are sureties for debts.
27 If thou hast not wherewith to pay,
Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Proverbs 22:26–27 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
26 Be not of them that strike hands, of them that are sureties for debts: 27 if thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Proverbs 22:26–27 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
26 Do not be ⸤found⸥ among those who make deals with a handshake,
among those who guarantee other people’s loans.
27 If you have no money to pay back a loan,
why should your bed be repossessed?
Proverbs 22:26–27 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
26 Don’t be one of those who enter agreements,
who put up security for loans.
27 If you have no money to pay,
even your bed will be taken from under you.
Proverbs 22:26–27 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
26 Do not be one of those who give pledges,
who become surety for debts.
27 If you have nothing with which to pay,
why should your bed be taken from under you?
Proverbs 22:26–27 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
26 Do not be with those who give a pledge
by becoming surety.
27 If there is nothing for you to pay,
why will he take your bed from under you?
Proverbs 22:26–27 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
26 Don’t agree to pay for
what someone else owes.
27 Don’t put up money for him.
If you don’t have the money to pay,
your bed will be taken right out from under you!
Proverbs 22:26–27 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
26 Do not be among those who give pledges,
Among those who become guarantors for debts.
27 If you have nothing with which to pay,
Why should he take your bed from under you?