Proverbs 27:13

Do Not Boast about Tomorrow · Proverbs 27:1–27
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Translations

Modern
Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
Traditional
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Literal
Take his garment when a stranger posts security, and hold it in pledge for a foreign woman.
Latin
Tolle vestimentum ejus qui spopondit pro extraneo, et pro alienis aufer ei pignus.

Original

Hebrew
English
Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

Notes

This proverb appears again in Proverbs 20:16.

Parallels

James 4:13–17

Glossary

Debt Hezekiah Proverbs, Book of

Topics

Surety (Guarantee): General Scriptures Concerning