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


In Context

23 for the Lord will take up their case and will plunder those who plunder them.

24 Do not make friends with a hot- tempered man, do not associate with one easily angered,

25 or you may learn his ways and get yourself ensnared.

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

27 if you lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you.

28 Do not move an ancient boundary stone set up by your forefathers.

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 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 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.