Proverbs 17:18
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Agreement Collateral Friend Gives Guarantor Hand Hands Heart Judgment Lacking Makes Neighbor Neighbour Pledge Pledges Presence Puts Responsible Sense Senseless Strikes Striketh Striking Surety Understanding Void
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Agreement Collateral Friend Gives Guarantor Hand Hands Heart Judgment Lacking Makes Neighbor Neighbour Pledge Pledges Presence Puts Responsible Sense Senseless Strikes Striketh Striking Surety Understanding Void
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English Standard Version
One who lacks sense gives a pledge and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor.

New American Standard Bible
A man lacking in sense pledges And becomes guarantor in the presence of his neighbor.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
One without sense enters an agreement and puts up security for his friend.

International Standard Version
A man who lacks sense cosigns a loan, becoming a guarantor for his neighbor.

NET Bible
The one who lacks wisdom strikes hands in pledge, and puts up financial security for his neighbor.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
A foolish man hands over his bounty which he pledges for his neighbor as security.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A person without good sense closes a deal with a handshake. He guarantees a loan in the presence of his friend.

King James 2000 Bible
A man void of understanding gives pledge, and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.

American King James Version
A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes surety in the presence of his friend.

American Standard Version
A man void of understanding striketh hands, And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.

Douay-Rheims Bible
A foolish man will clap hands, when he is surety for his friend.

Darby Bible Translation
A senseless man striketh hands, becoming surety for his neighbour.

English Revised Version
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his neighbour.

Webster's Bible Translation
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

World English Bible
A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.

Young's Literal Translation
A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.
Lexicon
A man
'adam  (aw-dawm')
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) -- another, + hypocrite, + common sort, low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
void
chacer  (khaw-sare')
lacking; hence, without -- destitute, fail, lack, have need, void, want.
of understanding
leb  (labe)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect
striketh
taqa`  (taw-kah')
to clatter, i.e. slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy, to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to become bondsman by handclasping)
hands
kaph  (kaf)
the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
and becometh
`arab  (aw-rab')
to braid, i.e. intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)
surety
`arubbah  (ar-oob-baw')
something given as security, i.e. (literally) a token (of safety) or (metaphorically) a bondsman -- pledge, surety.
in the presence
paniym  (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
of his friend
rea`  (ray'-ah)
an associate (more or less close) -- brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, (an-)other.
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