Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 27:13
13Take a man’s garment, who puts up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge, as security for a seductive woman.
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.
- New International Version (NIV)Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.
- 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.
Context of Proverbs 27:13
11Be wise, my son, make my heart glad, so I may answer anyone who taunts me. 12The prudent see danger and hide, but the naïve keep going and pay the penalty. Take a man’s garment, who puts up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge, as security for a seductive woman. 14If someone blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse. 15Continual dripping on a day of steady rain and a contentious wife are alike—
Read all of Proverbs 27Proverbs 27:13 word by word
קַח־בִּ֭גְדוֹ כִּי־עָ֣רַב זָ֑ר וּבְעַ֖ד נָכְרִיָּ֣ה חַבְלֵֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 27:13
- Proverbs 6:1My son, if you have become a cosigner for your neighbor, if you have shaken hands in pledge with a stranger,
- Proverbs 20:16Take a man’s garment, who puts up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge, as security for a foreign woman.
- Proverbs 22:26Do not be one who shakes hands or puts up security for debts.
- Exodus 22:26for that is his only covering, his cloak for his skin. What will he sleep in? When he cries out to Me I will hear, because I am gracious.
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
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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
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