Proverbs 22:27
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from vnder thee?
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- Proverbs 20:16Rank 1 from verse 27
- 2 Kings 4:1Rank 2 from verse 27
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.
- Exodus 22:26–27Rank 3 from verse 27
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.
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Proverbs 22:27
The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.
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To discharge a debt or obligation; to render what is due, fulfill a promise, reward, or recompense.
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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Sense 1: A place for rest or sleep. Sense 2: The marriage bed or a place in which something lies. As a verb, to place or lie in a bed.
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22:26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
22:26*Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
22:27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
22:27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from vnder thee?
Selected passage22:28Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
22:28*‖Remoue not the ancient land marke, which thy fathers haue set.