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Do not be among those who shake hands, Among those who become guarantors for debts.
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American Standard Version
Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts.
Christian Standard Bible
Don’t be one of those who enter agreements, who put up security for loans.
English Standard Version
Be not one of those who give pledges, who put up security for debts.
King James Version
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
New International Version
Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts;
New King James Version
Do not be one of those who shakes hands in a pledge, One of those who is surety for debts;
New Living Translation
Don’t agree to guarantee another person’s debt or put up security for someone else.
World English Bible
Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.