¹⁶ Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.

¹³ Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.

²⁶ if thou dost at all take in pledge the garment of thy neighbour, during the going in of the sun thou dost return it to him:

²⁷ for it alone is his covering, it `is' his garment for his skin; wherein doth he lie down? and it hath come to pass, when he doth cry unto Me, that I have heard, for I `am' gracious.

¹⁶ To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,

³ For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil `is' her mouth,

⁵ To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.

¹⁰ And, lo, a woman to meet him -- (A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart,

¹⁵ Evil `one' suffereth when he hath been surety `for' a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.

²⁶ Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties `for' burdens.

²⁷ If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee?

²⁷ For a harlot `is' a deep ditch, And a strange woman `is' a strait pit.