Pro 27:13 | NET2full | STEP | Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger , and hold him in pledge on behalf of a stranger .

‏ Proverbs 27:13

13 Take a man’s ^{▼▼tn Heb “his garment.”} garment when he has given security for a stranger,
and hold him in pledge on behalf of a stranger. ^{▼▼tn Or “for a strange (= adulterous) woman.” Cf. KJV, ASV, NASB, NLT; NIV84 “a wayward woman.” The first noun זָר (zar) “stranger,” “foreigner” is masculine; the second term נָכְרִיָּה (nokhriyyah) “foreigner,” “stranger” is feminine, thus whether the stranger is a man or a woman. The terms do not have to mean a non-Israelite, just someone from outside the community and not well-known (cf. NIV11 “a stranger . . . an outsider”).} ^{▼▼sn This proverb is virtually identical to 20:16 which has a rare variant spelling of the initial imperative verb and has the masculine plural “strangers” as its Kethib reading, while matching 27:13 with the feminine singular “stranger” as its Qere reading.}