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Proverbs 22:26–27

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26Do not be with those who give a pledgev

by becomingw surety.

27If there is nothing for you to pay,x

why will he take your bed from under you?

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Footnotes

  1. vLiterally “strike a hand”
  2. wLiterally “in the becomings of”
  3. xOr “complete”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Be not one of those who give pledges,

who put up security for debts.

If you have nothing with which to pay,

why should your bed be taken from under you?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge

or puts up security for debts;

if you lack the means to pay,

your very bed will be snatched from under you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Don’t be one of those who enter agreements,

who put up security for loans.

If you have nothing with which to pay,

even your bed will be taken from under you.

NLTNew Living Translation

Don’t agree to guarantee another person’s debt

or put up security for someone else.

If you can’t pay it,

even your bed will be snatched from under you.

KJV 1900King James Version

Be not thou one of them that strike hands,

Or of them that are sureties for debts.

If thou hast nothing to pay,

Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?