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Proverbs 20:16
Take his garment who is pledge for a stranger,—then, for a woman unknown, accept him as surety.
Proverbs 20:16 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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Proverbs 20:16 in other translations
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
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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In context
13 Do not love sleep, lest thou come to poverty, open thine eyes, be satisfied with bread.
14 Bad! bad! saith the buyer, but, going his way, then, he boasteth.
15 There are gold, and an abundance of corals, but, precious jewels, are the lips of knowledge.
16 Take his garment who is pledge for a stranger,—then, for a woman unknown, accept him as surety.
17 Sweet to a man, may be the bread of falsehood, but, afterward, shall his mouth be filled with gravel.
18 Plans—by counsel, shalt thou establish, and, with concerted measures, make thou war.
19 A revealer of secrets, is one who goeth about talebearing, therefore, with him who openeth his lips, shalt thou not have fellowship.
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