He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hates indebtedness is sure.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hates indebtedness is sure.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; But he that hateth suretyship is secure.
He who makes himself responsible for a strange man will undergo much loss; but the hater of such undertakings will be safe.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: but he that hateth suretiship is sure.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it - He shall find evil upon evil in it. See on Proverbs 6:1 (note).
See the marginal reference. The play upon "sure" and "suretiship" in the the King James Version (though each word is rightly rendered) has nothing corresponding to it in the Hebrew, and seems to have originated in a desire to give point to the proverb.