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.

³ Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

⁴ Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

⁵ Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

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¹ My son, ^H1121 if thou be surety ^H6148 for thy friend, ^H7453 if thou hast stricken ^H8628 thy hand ^H3709 with a stranger, ^H2114

² Thou art snared ^H3369 with the words ^H561 of thy mouth, ^H6310 thou art taken ^H3920 with the words ^H561 of thy mouth. ^H6310

³ Do ^H6213 this now, ^H645 my son, ^H1121 and deliver ^H5337 thyself, when thou art come ^H935 into the hand ^H3709 of thy friend; ^H7453 go, ^H3212 humble ^H7511 thyself, and make sure ^H7292 thy friend. ^H7453

⁴ Give ^H5414 not sleep ^H8142 to thine eyes, ^H5869 nor slumber ^H8572 to thine eyelids. ^H6079

⁵ Deliver ^H5337 thyself as a roe ^H6643 from the hand ^H3027 of the hunter, and as a bird ^H6833 from the hand ^H3027 of the fowler. ^H3353

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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.

³ Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;

⁴ Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;

⁵ Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand `of the hunter', And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

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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,

³ Do this now, my son, and be delivered, For thou hast come into the hand of thy friend. Go, trample on thyself, and strengthen thy friend,

⁴ Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,

⁵ Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.

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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.

³ Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou hast come into the hand of thy friend: go, humble thyself, and be urgent with thy friend.

⁴ Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids:

⁵ deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

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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.

³ Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, Seeing you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.

⁴ Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids.

⁵ Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, Like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

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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.

³ Do this, my son, and make yourself free, because you have come into the power of your neighbour; go without waiting, and make a strong request to your neighbour.

⁴ Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;

⁵ Make yourself free, like the roe from the hand of the archer, and the bird from him who puts a net for her.