26Be not of them that strike hands, of them that are sureties for debts:


In Context

23 for Jehovah will plead their cause, and despoil the soul of those that despoil them.

24 Make no friendship with an angry man, and go not with a furious man;

25 lest thou learn his paths, and get a snare to thy soul.

26 Be not of them that strike hands, of them that are sureties for debts:

27 if thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

28 Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set.

Proverbs 22:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:26Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:26Do not be a man who strikes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:26Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:26Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:26Be thou not one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:26Don't you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:26Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties for burdens.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:26Be not you one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.