Financial Entanglements
1 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor 6:1 Or friend
or entered into an agreement with 6:1 Lit or slapped hands for a stranger, 6:1 Pr 11:15; 17:18; 20:16; 22:26; 27:13
2 you have been snared by the words of your mouth —
trapped by the words from your mouth.
3 Do this, then, my son, and free yourself,
for you have put yourself in your neighbor’s power:
Go, humble yourself, and plead with your neighbor.
4 Don’t give sleep to your eyes
or slumber to your eyelids. 6:4 Ps 132:4
5 Escape like a gazelle from a hunter, 6:5 Lit hand
like a bird from a hunter’s trap. 6:5 Lit hand, 6:5 Ps 91:3; 124:7