He that is suretie for a stranger] Whose condition he knows not: or, for one whom he is no way obliged to, and therefore is not tied to be bound for him. So a strange woman is she that is not a mans own wife, chap. 2. 16. and 6. 1. shall smart for it] Heb. shall be sore broken. Heb. be broken by breaking: That is, broken to shivers, as an earthen pot with a fall: and we call it breaking, when men are undone. he that hateth suretiship, is sure] Loveth it not, and will not do it without just cause. The hated wife was the lesse beloved, Deuteronomy 21:15. suretiship] Heb. those that strike hands.