Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself
Take the following advice, as the best that can be given in such circumstances, in order to be freed from such an obligation, or to be safe and easy under it; when thou art come into the hand of thy friend;
or,
``because or seeing thou art fallen into the hand of thy friend,''as the Targum; or
``though thou art,'' &c.as Aben Ezra; which may be understood either of the creditor to whom a man is bound, or of the debtor for whom he is bound, or of both; for a surety is in the hands or power of both: he is in the hands of the creditor, who may demand payment of the debt of him; and he is in the hands of the debtor, who, if a careless or crafty and deceitful man, may leave him to the payment of it. The Septuagint and Arabic versions are,
``for thou art come into the hands of evil men for thy friend;''and the Syriac version,
``seeing for thy friend thou art fallen into the hands of thine enemy;''and therefore must make the best of it thou canst, and in the following way: go, humble thyself;
Título en Inglés – The Jubilee Bible
(De las Escrituras de La Reforma)
Editado por: Russell M. Stendal
Jubilee Bible 2000 – Russell Martin Stendal
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