SƲrety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand, &c.] Chap. 17. 18. and 20. 16. and 22. 26.
for thy friend] Or, to thy neighbour, as v. 3.
if thou hast stricken thy hand] Joyned hands with a stranger, as a surety, to pay thy friends debt, if he do not.
with a stranger] A man to whom thou owest nothing, nor knowest not how he will use thee, if thou fall into his hands.