Proverbs 6:1–5
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Warnings Against Folly
6My son,g if you have put up securityh for your neighbor,i
if you have shaken hands in pledgej for a stranger,
2you have been trapped by what you said,
ensnared by the words of your mouth.
3So do this, my son, to free yourself,
since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands:
Go—to the point of exhaustion—a
and give your neighbor no rest!
4Allow no sleep to your eyes,
no slumber to your eyelids.k
5Free yourself, like a gazellel from the hand of the hunter,m
like a bird from the snare of the fowler.n
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- aOr Go and humble yourself,
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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,
then do this, my son, and save yourself,
for you have come into the hand of your neighbor:
go, hasten, and plead urgently with your neighbor.
Give your eyes no sleep
and your eyelids no slumber;
save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
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.
Do this, then, my son, and free yourself,
for you have put yourself in your neighbor’s power:
Go, humble yourself, and plead with your neighbor.
Don’t give sleep to your eyes
or slumber to your eyelids.
Escape like a gazelle from a hunter,
like a bird from a hunter’s trap.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
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—
follow my advice and save yourself,
for you have placed yourself at your friend’s mercy.
Now swallow your pride;
go and beg to have your name erased.
Don’t put it off; do it now!
Don’t rest until you do.
Save yourself like a gazelle escaping from a hunter,
like a bird fleeing from a net.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
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,
do this, then, my child, and save yourself,
for you have come into the palm of your neighbor’s hand:
Go, humble yourself, plead with your neighbor.
Do not give sleep to your eyes,
or slumber to your eyelids.
Save yourself like a gazelle from a hand,
or like a bird from the hand of a fowler.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend,
If thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth,
Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself,
When thou art come into the hand of thy friend;
Go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
Give not sleep to thine eyes,
Nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter,
And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
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