¹ My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;

²⁶ Be thou not one of them that strike hands, `Or' of them that are sureties for debts.

¹⁸ A man void of understanding striketh hands, And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.

¹⁵ He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; But he that hateth suretyship is secure.

¹⁶ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge `that is surety' for foreigners.

³ Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?

²² by so much also hath Jesus become the surety of a better covenant.

¹⁸ But if he hath wronged the at all, or oweth `thee' aught, put that to mine account;

¹⁹ I Paul write it with mine own hand, I will repay it: that I say not unto thee that thou owest to me even thine own self besides.

¹³ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge `that is surety' for a foreign woman.

³² For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then shall I bear the blame to my father for ever.

³³ Now therefore, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.

⁹ I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever: