Proverbs 27:13

Proverbs 27:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger, And hold it in pledge when he is surety for a seductress.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Get security from someone who guarantees a stranger’s debt. Get a deposit if he does it for foreigners.

Context of Proverbs 27:13

11Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart; then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt. 12The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider. 14If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse. 15A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;

Proverbs 27:13 word by word

קַח־בִּ֭גְדוֹ כִּי־עָ֣רַב זָ֑ר וּבְעַ֖ד נָכְרִיָּ֣ה חַבְלֵֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• his garmentבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · garmentH899
• that is suretyעָרַב‛ârab · to pledgeH6148
• for a strangerזוּרzûr · be a strangerH2114
• and take a pledgeחָבַלchâbal · to pledgeH2254
• of him for a strange womanנׇכְרִיnokrîy · foreignH5237

Cross-references for Proverbs 27:13

• Proverbs 6:1My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,
• Proverbs 20:16Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.
• Proverbs 22:26Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts;
• Exodus 22:26If you take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, return it by sunset,

Commentaries on Proverbs 27:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Take his garment - The same as Proverbs 20:16.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13Verse 13 An honest man may be made a beggar, but he is not honest that makes himself one.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13This proverb appears again in Proverbs 20:16.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1312-13. (Compare Pr 20:16; 22:3).Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 27:13

• Surety (Guarantee)

In the dictionaries

• Strange Woman
• Answer
• Boast
• Bray
• Contentious
• Loan
• Look
• Soul
• Wrath
• Hezekiah (2)

Commentaries on Proverbs 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings