Proverbs 6:1
Proverbs 6:1-5 The Message (MSG)
Dear friend, if you’ve gone into hock with your neighbor or locked yourself into a deal with a stranger, If you’ve impulsively promised the shirt off your back and now find yourself shivering out in the cold, Friend, don’t waste a minute, get yourself out of that mess. You’re in that man’s clutches! Go, put on a long face; act desperate. Don’t procrastinate— there’s no time to lose. Run like a deer from the hunter, fly like a bird from the trapper!
Proverbs 6:1 King James Version (KJV)
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, If thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger
Proverbs 6:1 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, Have given a pledge for a stranger
Proverbs 6:1 New Century Version (NCV)
My child, be careful about giving a guarantee for somebody else’s loan, about promising to pay what someone else owes.
Proverbs 6:1 American Standard Version (ASV)
My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger
Proverbs 6:1 New International Version (NIV)
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger
Proverbs 6:1 New King James Version (NKJV)
My son, if you become surety for your friend, If you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger
Proverbs 6:1 Amplified Bible (AMP)
My son, if you have become surety (guaranteed a debt or obligation) for your neighbor, If you have given your pledge for [the debt of] a stranger or another [outside your family]
Proverbs 6:1 New Living Translation (NLT)
My child, if you have put up security for a friend’s debt or agreed to guarantee the debt of a stranger