1 My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor,
If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger; 2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth,
Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself,
Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor:
Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor; 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes,
Nor slumber to thine eyelids; 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter],
And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger; 2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth,
Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself,
Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor:
Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor; 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes,
Nor slumber to thine eyelids; 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter],
And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.