Compare Translations for Proverbs 6:1

1 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor or entered into an agreement with 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 Dear friend, if you've gone into hock with your neighbor or locked yourself into a deal with a stranger,
1 My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, Have given a pledge for a stranger,
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 become surety for your friend, If you have shaken hands in pledge for 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, if you have given your pledge to your neighbor, if you have bound yourself to another,
1 My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;
1 My son, if you have made yourself responsible for your neighbour, or given your word for another,
1 My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor or shake hands in agreement with a stranger,
1 My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor or shake hands in agreement with a stranger,
1 My son, if you have put up security for your friend, if you committed yourself on behalf of another;
1 My son, if thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand for a stranger,
1 My child, have you promised to be responsible for someone else's debts?
1 My child, have you promised to be responsible for someone else's debts?
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 become collateral for your neighbor, If you have struck your hands in 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 son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger ,
1 My child, if you have pledged to your neighbor, [if] you have bound {yourself} to the stranger,
1 son, if thou become surety for thy friend, thou shalt deliver thine hand to an enemy.
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, don't put up money for what your neighbor owes. Don't agree to pay up for someone else.
1 My child, if you have given your pledge to your neighbor, if you have bound yourself to another,
1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, thou hast engaged fast thy hand to a stranger,
1 My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger;
1 My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger;
1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast struck thy hand with a stranger,
1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast struck thy hand with a stranger,
1 fili mi si spoponderis pro amico tuo defixisti apud extraneum manum tuam
1 fili mi si spoponderis pro amico tuo defixisti apud extraneum manum tuam
1 My son, if thou art surety for thy friend, [if] thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
1 My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, If you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger;
1 My son, if thou hast promised for thy friend, thou hast fastened thine hand at a stranger. (My son, if thou hast pledged yourself, or made a guarantee, for thy friend, then thou hast fastened thy hand to a stranger.)
1 My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand,

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