Add parallel Print Page Options

18 ·It is not wise to promise
to pay what your neighbor owes [L A person lacks sense/heart who shakes hands in agreement, who secures a loan for a friend/neighbor].

Read full chapter

18 One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge
    and puts up security for a neighbor.(A)

Read full chapter

18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

Read full chapter

18 (A)A man devoid of [a]understanding [b]shakes hands in a pledge,
And becomes [c]surety for his friend.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:18 Lit. heart
  2. Proverbs 17:18 Lit. strikes the hands
  3. Proverbs 17:18 guaranty or collateral