Proverbs 22:26–28

¹⁵He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

^15††Hee that is suretie for a stranger, shall smart for it: and hee that hateth suretiship, is sure.

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

^18*†A man void of vnderstanding striketh hands, and becommeth suretie in the presence of his friend.

¹MY son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

²Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

³Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

⁴Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

⁵Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

¹¶ My sonne, if thou bee surety for thy friend, it thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

²Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the wordes of thy mouth.

^3‖Doe this now, my sonne, and deliuer thy selfe, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend: goe, humble thy selfe, and make sure thy friend.

⁴Giue not sleepe to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

⁵Deliuer thy selfe as a Roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

¹³Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

^13*Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

¹⁶Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

^16*Take his garment that is suerty for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

¹NOW there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.

¹¶ Now there cryed a certaine woman of the wiues of the sonnes of the Prophets vnto Elisha, saying, Thy seruant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy seruant did feare the LORD: and the creditour is come to take vnto him my two sonnes to be bondmen.

²⁶If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:

²⁷For that is his covering only, it is his raiment 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.

²⁶If thou at all take thy neighbors raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliuer it vnto him by that the sun goeth downe.

²⁷For that is his couering onely, it is his raiment for his skinne: wherein shal he sleepe? and it shal come to passe, when he crieth vnto mee, that I will heare: for I am gracious.

¹⁴¶ Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.

¹⁴¶ Thou shalt not remooue thy neighbours land-marke, which they of old time haue set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherite, in the land that the LORD thy God giueth thee to possesse it.

¹⁷Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.

¹⁷Cursed be he that remooueth his neighbours land-marke: and all the people shall say, Amen.

¹⁰Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

^10*‖Remoue not the old landmarke; and enter not into the fields of the fatherlesse.

²Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.

² Some remooue the ^*land-markes; they violently take away flocks, and ^‖feed thereof.