My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;
WEB
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,
YLT
My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand,
DBT
My son, if thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand for a stranger,
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.