¹ My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand,

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

¹⁸ A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.

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

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

³ Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?

²² by so much of a better covenant hath Jesus become surety,

¹⁸ and if he did hurt to thee, or doth owe anything, this to me be reckoning;

¹⁹ I, Paul did write with my hand, I -- I will repay; that I may not say that also thyself, besides, to me thou dost owe.

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

³² for thy servant obtained the youth by surety from my father, saying, If I bring him not in unto thee -- then I have sinned against my father all the days.

³³ `And now, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the youth a servant to my lord, and the youth goeth up with his brethren,

⁹ I -- I am surety `for' him, from my hand thou dost require him; if I have not brought him in unto thee, and set him before thee -- then I have sinned against thee all the days;