Proverbs 6:1-2 in English

¹ My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;

² Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

¹ My son, if thou become surety for thy friend, thou shalt deliver thine hand to an enemy.

² For a man's own lips become a strong snare to him, and he is caught with the lips of his own mouth.

¹ My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

² Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

¹ My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

² Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

¹ My son, if you become surety for your friend, you shall deliver your hand to an enemy.

² For a man's own lips become a strong snare to him, and he is caught with the lips of his own mouth.

¹ My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbour, if thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger,

² Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

¹ My son, if someone has borrowed money from a friend or a stranger, and if you have promised that you will pay the money back if that person is unable to pay back the money he borrowed,

² you may be trapped by what you have agreed to do, because if the one who borrowed the money is not able to pay it back, you will have to pay it. What you have said that you will do will be like a snare to you.

¹ My son, if you become surety for your friend, you shall deliver your hand to an enemy.

² For a man's own lips become a strong snare to him, and he is caught with the lips of his own mouth.

¹ My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,

² you are trapped by the words of your mouth; you are ensnared with the words of your mouth.

¹ My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,

² you are trapped by the words of your mouth; you are ensnared with the words of your mouth.

¹ My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbour, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,

² you are trapped by the words of your mouth; you are ensnared with the words of your mouth.

¹ My son, if you have made yourself responsible for your neighbour, or given your word for another,

² You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.

¹ My son, if thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand for a stranger,

² thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

¹ My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, thou hast engaged fast thy hand to a stranger.

² Thou art ensnared with the words of thy mouth, and caught with thy own words.

¹ My son, suppose you have pledged to guarantee your neighbor's debt, or you have shaken hands in agreement with a stranger,

² then you've trapped yourself by what you promised, you've been caught by what you said.

¹ My sonne, if thou be surety for thy neighbour, and hast striken hands with the stranger,

² Thou art snared with the wordes of thy mouth: thou art euen taken with the woordes of thine owne mouth.

¹ My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbour, if thou hast struck thy hands for a stranger —

² Thou art snared by the words of thy mouth, thou art caught by the words of thy mouth —

¹ My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, If thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

² Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

¹ My son, If thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast struck thy hand for a stranger;

² If thou art ensnared through the words of thy mouth, if thou art caught through the words of thy mouth:

¹ My son, if thou become surety for thy friend, Thou shalt deliver thy hand to an enemy.

² For a man’s own lips become a strong snare to him, And he is caught with the lips of his own mouth.

¹ My son, if thou hast become surety for another, If thou hast stricken hands for another,

² If thou hast become ensnared by the words of thy mouth, If thou hast been caught by the words of thy mouth,

¹ My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger;

² You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth.

¹ My son, if you set aside your money as a guarantee for your neighbor's loan, if you gave your promise for a loan of someone you do not know,

² then you have laid a trap for yourself by your promise and you have been caught by the words of your mouth.

¹ My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,

² you are trapped by the words of your mouth; you are ensnared with the words of your mouth.

¹ My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbour, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,

² you are trapped by the words of your mouth; you are ensnared with the words of your mouth.

¹ My son, if thou art surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

² Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

¹ My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,

² you are trapped by the words of your mouth; you are ensnared with the words of your mouth.

¹ My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbour, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,

² you are trapped by the words of your mouth; you are ensnared with the words of your mouth.

¹ My son, if thou hast promised for thy friend, thou hast fastened thine hand at a stranger.

² Thou art bound by the words of thy mouth; and thou art taken with thine own words.

¹ My son, if thou hast promised for thy friend, thou hast fastened thine hand at a stranger. (My son, if thou hast pledged yourself, or made a guarantee, for thy friend, then thou hast fastened thy hand to a stranger.)

² Thou art bound by the words of thy mouth; and thou art taken with thine own words (or and thou art caught by thy own words, or thy promises).

¹ My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand,

² Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,