Proverbs 27 · Verse 13

Proverbs 27:13

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Proverbs 27:13, King James Version

Proverbs 27:13 in other translations

BSBTake the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
WEBTake his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!
ASVTake his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for a foreign woman.
YLTTake his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.
DARBYTake his garment that is become surety for another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.
BBETake a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.
WebsterTake his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

What does Proverbs 27:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 27:12-13

12-13. (Compare Pr 20:16; 22:3).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 Take his garment - The same as Pro 20:16.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
An honest man may be made a beggar, but he is not honest that makes himself one.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 27:13 in the original Hebrew

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.

קַח\־kach-takeH3947
בִּ֭גְדוֹbig.dogarment hisH899
כִּי\־ki-forH3588
עָ֣רַב'A.ravhe stands surety forH6148
זָ֑רZara strangerH2114
וּבְעַ֖דu.ve.'Adand forH1157
נָכְרִיָּ֣הna.khe.ri.Yaha foreign [woman]H5237
חַבְלֵֽהוּ\׃chav.Le.huhold in pledge itH2254

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

Cross references for Proverbs 27:13

  • Proverbs 20:16

    Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

  • Proverbs 6:1-4

    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 22:26-27

    Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

  • Exodus 22:26

    If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
6:1-4; 20:16; 22:26,27; Ex 22:26

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

Context

  • Proverbs 27:12

    A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

  • Proverbs 27:13

    Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

  • Proverbs 27:14

    He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

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Proverbs 27:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Quítale su ropa al que fió al extraño; y al que fió á la extraña, tómale prenda.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Prends son vêtement, car il a cautionné autrui; et prends de lui un gage, à cause de l’étrangère.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Nimm ihm das Kleid, denn er ist für einen anderen Bürge geworden; und der Fremden halber pfände ihn.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Tolle vestimentum ejus qui spopondit pro extraneo, et pro alienis aufer ei pignus.