Proverbs 22:27

If you don’t have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

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If you don’t have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

BSB

If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

KJV

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

ASV

If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

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If you have nothing with which to make payment, he will take away your bed from under you.

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Matthew Henry · Verses 26–27

Every man ought to be just to himself, and his family; those are not so, who, by folly or other carelessness, waste what they have.

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