Proverbs 27:13

Take his beged (garment) that is collateral for a zar; 1 seize the pledge given for surety for a nokhriyah (strange woman, foreign 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

12A prudent man foreseeth ra'ah, and hideth himself; 1 but the naïve ones trudge on, and are punished. 1

14He that maketh a bracha on his re'a (friend) 1 with a kol gadol (loud voice), rising early in the boker, 1 it shall be counted a kelalah to him. 1

Read all of Proverbs 27

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 20:16Take 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

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:13

12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. This we had before, ch. xxii. 3 . Note, 1. Evil may be foreseen. Where there is temptation, it is easy to foresee that if we thrust ourselves into it there will be sin, and as easy to foresee that if we venture upon the evil of sin there will follow the evil of punishment; and, commonly, God warns before he wounds, having set watchmen over us, Jer. vi. 17 . 2. It will be well or ill with us according as we do or do… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Proverbs 27:13