Proverbs 20:16
Take his garment that is guaranty for a zar (stranger), 1 and hold it as his pledge for a nokhriyah (foreign woman, strange woman, seductress). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 22:26For that is his covering only, it is his cloak for his skin; wherein shall he sleep? And it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto Me, that I will hear; for I am channun (compassionate).
Proverbs 5:3For the sfatayim (lips) of a zarah (strange woman) drip as a honeycomb, 1 and her mouth is smoother than shemen (olive oil); 1
Proverbs 7:5That they may be shomer over thee and keep thee from the zarah, 1 from the nokhriyah with her smooth words. 1
Proverbs 11:15He that is guaranty for a zar shall suffer for it, 1 and he that hateth pledging collateral is secure. 1
Proverbs 23:27For a zonah is a deep pit, 1 and a nokhriyah (strange woman, foreign woman, seductress, unfaithful wife) is a narrow well. 1
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:16
15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. The lips of knowledge (a good understanding to guide the lips and a good elocution to diffuse the knowledge) are to be preferred far before gold, and pearl, and rubies; for, 1. They are more rare in themselves, more scarce and hard to be got. There is gold in many a man's pocket that has no grace in his heart. In Solomon's time there was plenty of gold ( 1 Kings x. 21 ) and abundance of rubies; every body wore them; they… Read the whole commentary →