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Proverbs 20

Pr. 20:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Take
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
his garment
beged (Hebrew #899)
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
KJV usage: apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, X very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.
Pronounce: behg'-ed
Origin: from 898
that is surety
`arab (Hebrew #6148)
to braid, i.e. intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)
KJV usage: engage, (inter-)meddle (with), mingle (self), mortgage, occupy, give pledges, be(-come, put in) surety, undertake.
Pronounce: aw-rab'
Origin: a primitive root
for a stranger
zuwr (Hebrew #2114)
to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
KJV usage: (come from) another (man, place), fanner, go away, (e-)strange(-r, thing, woman).
Pronounce: zoor
Origin: a primitive root
: and take a pledge
chabal (Hebrew #2254)
to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)
KJV usage: X at all, band, bring forth, (deal) corrupt(-ly), destroy, offend, lab to (take a) pledge. spoil, travail, X very, withhold.
Pronounce: khaw-bal'
Origin: a primitive root
of him for a strange woman
nokriy (Hebrew #5237)
strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)
KJV usage: alien, foreigner, outlandish, strange(-r, woman).
Pronounce: nok-ree'
Origin: from 5235 (second form)
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More on:

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Garments,
Pledge,
Stranger,
Suretiship,
Woman

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Take his.
Pr. 11:15• 15Con ansiedad será afligido el que fiare al extraño: Mas el que aborreciere las fianzas vivirá confiado. (Pr. 11:15)
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Pr. 22:26‑27• 26No estés entre los que tocan la mano, Entre los que fían por deudas.
 27Si no tuvieres para pagar, ¿Por qué han de quitar tu cama de debajo de ti? (Pr. 22:26‑27)
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Pr. 27:13• 13Quítale su ropa al que fió al extraño; Y al que fió á la extraña, tómale prenda. (Pr. 27:13)
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Éx. 22:26‑27• 26Si tomares en prenda el vestido de tu prójimo, á puestas del sol se lo volverás:
 27Porque sólo aquello es su cubierta, es aquel el vestido para cubrir sus carnes, en el que ha de dormir: y será que cuando él á mí clamare, yo entonces le oiré, porque soy misericordioso. (Éx. 22:26‑27)
a strange.
Pr. 2:16• 16Para librarte de la mujer extraña, De la ajena que halaga con sus palabras; (Pr. 2:16)
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Pr. 5:3• 3Porque los labios de la extraña destilan miel, Y su paladar es más blando que el aceite; (Pr. 5:3)
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Pr. 7:5,10• 5Para que te guarden de la mujer ajena, Y de la extraña que ablanda sus palabras.
 10Y he aquí, una mujer que le sale al encuentro Con atavío de ramera, astuta de corazón, (Pr. 7:5,10)
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Pr. 23:27• 27Porque sima profunda es la ramera, Y pozo angosto la extraña. (Pr. 23:27)
• To keep clear of both is the only path of safety. To temporize is generally to invite defeat. The man who can say “No,” and stand by it, when tempted to one side or the other, alone is secure. (“Proverbs Twenty” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Take his garment that is become surety for another, and hold him in pledge for strangersd.

JND Translation Notes

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d
Some read "the strange woman," conforming this passage to ch. 27.13.