Proverbs 6 WBT/NIV - Online Parallel Bible  The Webster Bible
(WBT) New International Version (NIV) 1 My son, if thou art
surety for thy friend, [if] thou hast stricken thy hand with a
stranger, 1 My son, if you have put up security for your
neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge for another, 2 Thou
art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the
words of thy mouth. 2 if you have been trapped by what you said,
ensnared by the words of your mouth, 3 Do this now, my son, and
deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend;
go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. 3 then do this, my
son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your
neighbor's hands: Go and humble yourself; press your plea with
your neighbor! 4 Give not sleep to thy eyes, nor slumber to thy
eyelids. 4 Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your
eyelids. 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the
hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. 5 Free
yourself, like a gazelle from the ha