Proverbs 20:16
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Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers.

take his

Proverbs 11:15 A gracious woman shall find glory: and the strong shall have riches.

Proverbs 22:26,27 Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts: . . .

Proverbs 27:13 Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.

Exodus 22:26,27 If thou take of thy neighbour a garment in pledge, thou shalt give it him again before sunset. . . .

strange

Proverbs 2:16 And forsaketh the guide of her youth,

Proverbs 5:3 But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword.

Proverbs 7:5,10 For I looked out of the window of my house through the lattice, . . .

Proverbs 23:27 For a harlot is a deep ditch: and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

Context
Wine is a Mocker
15There is gold and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel. 16Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers.17The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.…
Cross References
Exodus 22:26
If thou take of thy neighbour a garment in pledge, thou shalt give it him again before sunset.

Proverbs 6:1
Thou art ensnared with the words of thy mouth, and caught with thy own words.

Proverbs 20:15
There is gold and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.

Proverbs 20:17
The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Proverbs 22:27
For if thou have not wherewith to restore, what cause is there that he should take the covering from thy bed?

Proverbs 27:13
Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.

Lexicon
Take
לְֽקַח־ (lə·qaḥ-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

the garment
בִּ֭גְדוֹ (biḡ·ḏōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 899: A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage

of the one
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

who posts security
עָ֣רַב (‘ā·raḇ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6148: To braid, intermix, technically, to traffic, give to be security

for a stranger;
זָ֑ר (zār)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2114: To turn aside, to be a, foreigner, strange, profane, to commit adultery

get collateral
חַבְלֵֽהוּ׃ (ḥaḇ·lê·hū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2254: To wind tightly, to bind, a pledge, to pervert, destroy, to writhe in pain

if it is for
וּבְעַ֖ד (ū·ḇə·‘aḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 1157: In up to, over against, at, beside, among, behind, for

a wayward woman.
נָכְרִיָּ֣ה (nā·ḵə·rî·yāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5237: Foreign, alien


Additional Translations
Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a wayward woman.Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for foreigners.

Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for strangers.

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; and hold him in pledge that is surety for strangers.

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

Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.

Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.
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