Proverbs 22:27
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?”
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“If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?”
King James Version · Public Domain“If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 22:27 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 22:26If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,
- 2 Kings 4:1Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!”
- Proverbs 20:16Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
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