Proverbs 22:27

Saying 4

26Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts. 27If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

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Berean Standard Bible
If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
American Standard Version (1901)
If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Bible in Basic English
If you have nothing with which to make payment, he will take away your bed from under you.
Douay-Rheims 1899
For if thou have not wherewith to restore, what cause is there, that he should take the covering from thy bed?
Free Bible Version
for if you can't pay, why should your bed be taken away from beneath you?
Geneva Bible 1599
If thou hast nothing to paye, why causest thou that he should take thy bed from vnder thee?
King James (Authorized) Version
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
One Unity Resource Bible
If you don’t have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?
Translation for Translators
because if you cannot pay it back, people will surely [RHQ] come and take away everything you own, even your bed.
Unlocked Literal Bible
If you lack the means to pay, what could stop someone from taking away your bed from under you?
Noah Webster Bible
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
World English Bible
If you don’t have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?
Young's Literal Translation
If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee?