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


In Context

23 Because the Lord will judge his cause, and will afflict them that have afflicted his soul.

24 Be not a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man:

25 Lest perhaps thou learn his ways, and take scandal to thy soul.

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

27 For if thou have not wherewith to restore, what cause is there, that he should take the covering from thy bed?

28 Pass not beyond the ancient bounds 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:26Be not of them that strike hands, 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.