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

if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,

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

have given your pledge for a stranger,

1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend,

If thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

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

or agreed to guarantee the debt of a stranger—

1 My child, be careful about giving a guarantee for somebody else’s loan,

about promising to pay what someone else owes.

1 My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor,

If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;

1 My son, if thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand for a stranger,

1 My son, 

if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor 

or pledge yourself for a stranger with a handshake, 

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

or entered into an agreement with a stranger,

1 My child, if you have given your pledge to your neighbor,

if you have bound yourself to another,

1 My child, if you have pledged to your neighbor,

if you have bound yourself to the stranger,

1 My son, don’t put up money for what your neighbor owes.

Don’t agree to pay up for someone else.

1 My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor,

Have given a pledge for a stranger,