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Proverbs 6:1–2

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My son, if thou abe surety for thy friend,

If thou hast astricken thy hand with a stranger,

2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth,

Thou art btaken with the words of thy mouth.

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Footnotes

  1. ach. 11:15. & 17:18. & 20:16. & 22:26. & 27:13. So Job 17:3.
  2. ach. 11:15. & 17:18. & 20:16. & 22:26. & 27:13. So Job 17:3.
  3. bch. 5:22.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,

have given your pledge for a stranger,

if you are snared in the words of your mouth,

caught in the words of your mouth,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,

if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,

you have been trapped by what you said,

ensnared by the words of your mouth.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor

or entered into an agreement with a stranger,

you have been snared by the words of your mouth

trapped by the words from your mouth.

NLTNew Living Translation

My child, if you have put up security for a friend’s debt

or agreed to guarantee the debt of a stranger—

if you have trapped yourself by your agreement

and are caught by what you said—

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

My child, if you have pledged to your neighbor,

if you have bound yourself to the stranger,

if you are snared by the sayings of your mouth,

if you are caught by the sayings of your mouth,