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


In Context

23 For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.

24 Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,

25 Lest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul.

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

27 If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee?

28 Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.

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 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 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.