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Proverbs 22:26–27

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Saying 4

26Do not be one who shakes hands in pledgeq

or puts up security for debts;

27if you lack the means to pay,

your very bed will be snatched from under you.r

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Cross references

  1. qPr 6:1–5
  2. rSee Pr 11:15; See 17:18

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?

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Do not be with those who give a pledge

by becoming surety.

If there is nothing for you to pay,

why will he take your bed 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?