Proverbs 27:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for a foreign woman.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

קַח־בִּ֭גְדוֹ כִּי־עָ֣רַב זָ֑ר וּבְעַ֖ד נָכְרִיָּ֣ה חַבְלֵֽהוּ׃

Transliteration

qaḥ-bigdô kî-ʿārab zār ûbĕʿad nākĕrîyāh ḥablēhû

Grammar Details

*qaḥ*: qal imperative masculine singular - take
*bigdô*: masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his garment
*kî*: conjunction - when/because
*ʿārab*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - has become surety for
*zār*: adjective masculine singular - stranger
*ûbĕʿad*: conjunction + preposition - and for/on behalf of
*nākĕrîyāh*: adjective feminine singular - foreign woman
*ḥablēhû*: qal imperative masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - take pledge from him

Word Meanings

*qaḥ*: take/seize/get
*beged*: garment/clothing/covering
*ʿārab*: become surety/pledge/guarantee
*zār*: stranger/foreigner/another
*nākĕrîyāh*: foreign woman/strange woman
*ḥabal*: take pledge/take in pledge/hold as collateral

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 20:16 : 16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for foreigners.
Exod 22:26 : 26 If thou at all take thy neighbor's garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down:
Prov 6:1-4 : 1 My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger; 2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor; 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;
Prov 22:26-27 : 26 Be thou not one of them that strike hands, [Or] of them that are sureties for debts. 27 If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Prov 20:16
93%
16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for foreigners.
Prov 11:15-16
2 verses
79%
15He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; But he that hateth suretyship is secure.
16A gracious woman obtaineth honor; And violent men obtain riches.
Deut 24:10-13
4 verses
77%
10When thou dost lend thy neighbor any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
11Thou shalt stand without, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring forth the pledge without unto thee.
12And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge;
13thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before Jehovah thy God.
Prov 6:1
77%
1My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;
Job 22:6
76%
6For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
Exod 22:26-27
2 verses
76%
26If thou at all take thy neighbor's garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down:
27for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
Deut 24:17
75%
17Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to the sojourner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge;
Prov 17:18
75%
18A man void of understanding striketh hands, And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.
Prov 22:25-27
3 verses
75%
25Lest thou learn this ways, And get a snare to thy soul.
26Be thou not one of them that strike hands, [Or] of them that are sureties for debts.
27If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Job 17:3
74%
3Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?
Prov 5:20
73%
20For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
Deut 24:6
73%
6No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh [a man's] life to pledge.
Prov 7:5
73%
5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.
Prov 27:12
73%
12A prudent man seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [But] the simple pass on, [and] suffer for it.
Prov 2:16-17
2 verses
73%
16To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;
17That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:
Ezek 16:32
72%
32A wife that committeth adultery! that taketh strangers instead of her husband!
Prov 6:26-27
2 verses
71%
26For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
27Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?
Prov 23:33
71%
33Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things.
Exod 22:13-16
4 verses
71%
13If it be torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness; he shall not make good that which was torn.
14And if a man borrow aught of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.
15If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be a hired thing, it came for its hire.
16And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.
Deut 28:30
70%
30Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not use the fruit thereof.
Prov 6:24
70%
24To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.
Prov 23:27
70%
27For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.
Prov 5:9-10
2 verses
70%
9Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;
10Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors [be] in the house of an alien,
Deut 25:11
70%
11When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets;
Deut 22:14
70%
14and lay shameful things to her charge, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came nigh to her, I found not in her the tokens of virginity;
Exod 22:7
70%
7If a man shall deliver unto his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, he shall pay double.
Gen 39:13
70%
13And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
Prov 22:14
70%
14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.
Prov 6:31
69%
31But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house.
Ezek 18:7
69%
7and hath not wronged any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath taken nought by robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
Prov 7:20
69%
20He hath taken a bag of money with him; He will come home at the full moon.
Gen 38:20
69%
20And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.
Gen 39:16
69%
16And she laid up his garment by her, until his master came home.
Exod 22:11
69%
11the oath of Jehovah shall be between them both, whether he hath not put his hand unto his neighbor's goods; and the owner thereof shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.
Deut 22:28
69%
28If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, that is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
Job 24:3
69%
3They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Prov 5:17
69%
17Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee.