King James Version
Proverbs 27:13 in the King James Version says “Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.”
Proverbs 27:13 · KJV
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“that is surety”
H6148to braid, i.e., intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)
“for a stranger”
H2114to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
“of him for a strange woman”
H5237strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)
“and take a pledge”
H2254to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e., to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of partur
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