My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
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Gill's Exposition
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend,.... To another; hast engaged thyself by promise or bond, or both, to pay a debt for him, if he is not able, or if required; or hast laid thyself under…
Barnes' Notes
Surety - The “pledge,” or security for payment, which, for example, David was to bring back from his brothers 1Sa 17:18. So the word was used in the primitive trade transactions of the early…
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