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


In Context

23 for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.

24 Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger:

25 lest you learn his ways, and ensnare your soul.

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

27 If you don't have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

28 Don't move the ancient boundary stone, which your fathers have set up.

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 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 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.