King James Version
Proverbs 6:1 in the King James Version says “My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,”
Proverbs 6:1 · KJV
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. and make: or, so shalt thou prevail with thy friend
KJV Study — Public Domain
“My son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“if thou be surety”
H6148to braid, i.e., intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)
“if thou hast stricken”
H8628to 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
“with a stranger”
H2114to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
“thy hand”
H3709the 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-
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