Focused Passage

Proverbs 27:13

Faithful Friendship, Honest Rebuke, Guarded Praise, Wise Stewardship, and the Testing of the Heart

The chapter moves from humility before tomorrow and restraint in praise, to anger, jealousy, rebuke, and friendship, to appetite and neighborly loyalty, to prudence, surety, and speech timing, to relational sharpening and service, to the heart's reflection and testing by praise, and finally to careful stewardship of flocks, fields, and household provision.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

13 Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

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Verse 13

Original words

Take קַח־ H3947 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular the garment בִּ֭גְדוֹ H899 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular of him who כִּי־ H3588 Conjunction posts security עָ֣רַב H6148 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular for a stranger זָ֑ר H2114 Adjective - masculine singular get collateral חַבְלֵֽהוּ׃ H2254 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine singular if it is for וּבְעַ֖ד H1157 Conjunctive waw | Preposition a foreigner נָכְרִיָּ֣ה H5237 Adjective - feminine singular

BSB notes

  • Or a wayward woman

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