Proverbs 22 · Verse 26

Proverbs 22:26

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

Proverbs 22:26, King James Version

Proverbs 22:26 in other translations

BSB	Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
WEB	Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.
ASV	Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts.
YLT	Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties for burdens.
DARBY	Be not of them that strike hands, of them that are sureties for debts:
BBE	Be not one of those who give their hands in an agreement, or of those who make themselves responsible for debts:
Webster	Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 22:26-27

26-27. (Compare Pr 6:1; 17:18).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 26 That strike hands - See on Pro 6:1 (note); Pro 11:15 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 22:26-27

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.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אַל\־'al-may notH408

תְּהִ֥יte.Hiyou beH1961

בְתֹֽקְעֵי\־ve.to.ke.'ei-among [those who] strikeH8628

כָ֑ףKhaf<of> a palmH3709

בַּ֝עֹרְבִ֗יםba.'o.re.Vimamong <the> [those who] stand surety forH6148

מַשָּׁאֽוֹת\׃ma.sha.'otdebtsH4859

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Proverbs 11:15
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
Proverbs 17:18
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
Proverbs 6:1-5
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. …
Proverbs 27:13
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Proverbs 22:25
Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
Proverbs 22:26
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Proverbs 22:27
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	No estés entre los que tocan la mano, entre los que fían por deudas.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Ne sois point parmi ceux qui frappent dans la main, parmi ceux qui se rendent caution pour des dettes:
German Elberfelder 1871	Sei nicht unter denen, die in die Hand einschlagen, unter denen, welche für Darlehn Bürgschaft leisten.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Noli esse cum his qui defigunt manus suas, et qui vades se offerunt pro debitis: