Proverbs 20:16

Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.

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WEBBE

Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.

BSB

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

KJV

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

ASV

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for foreigners.

BBE

Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.

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Matthew Henry · Verse 16

Those ruin themselves who entangle themselves in rash suretiship. Also those who are in league with abandoned women. Place no confidence in either.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.