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Proverbs 22:26

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

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אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תְּהִ֥יtehibeהָיָהverb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “be”, a wish or indirect commandH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.בְתֹֽקְעֵיvetoqeein blowתָּקַעpreposition, verb, qal, participle, construct — “in blow”, a verb used as a describing wordH8628to 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 bondsman by handclasping)blow (a trumpet), cast, clap, fasten, pitch (tent), smite, sound, strike, [idiom] suretiship, thrust.כָ֑ףkhafhand , -dle,כַּףnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “hand , -dle,”, the ordinary formH3709the 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-tree); figuratively, powerbranch, [phrase] foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.בַּ֝עֹרְבִ֗יםbaorevimin give pledgesעָרַבpreposition, with the article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “in give pledges”, a verb used as a describing wordH6148to braid, i.e. intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)engage, (inter-) meddle (with), mingle (self), mortgage, occupy, give pledges, be(-come, put in) surety, undertake.מַשָּׁאֽוֹתmashaotdebtמַשָּׁאָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “debt”, the ordinary formH4859a loan[idiom] any(-thing), debt.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Be thou not of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts.

Young’s Literal Translation

Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties [for] burdens.

World English Bible

Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.

Darby Translation

Be not of them that strike hands, of them that are sureties for debts:

Douay-Rheims

Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Be thou not of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Become not surety from respect of a man's person.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μὴ δίδου σεαυτὸν εἰς ἐγγύην αἰσχυνόμενος πρόσωπον·