The Meaning of Proverbs 11:15 Explained

Proverbs 11:15

KJV: He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

YLT: Evil one suffereth when he hath been surety for a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.

Darby: It goeth ill with him that is surety for another; but he that hateth suretyship is secure.

ASV: He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; But he that hateth suretyship is secure.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He that is surety  for a stranger  shall smart  [for it]: and he that hateth  suretiship  is sure. 

What does Proverbs 11:15 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 11

1  On Deception

What do the individual words in Proverbs 11:15 mean?

Will surely will suffer for He who is surety for a stranger but one who hates being surety is secure
רַע־ יֵ֭רוֹעַ כִּי־ עָ֣רַב זָ֑ר וְשֹׂנֵ֖א תֹקְעִ֣ים בּוֹטֵֽחַ

רַע־  Will  surely 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רַע 
Sense: bad, evil.
יֵ֭רוֹעַ  will  suffer 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מֵרֵעַ 
Sense: to be bad, be evil.
עָ֣רַב  He  who  is  surety 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָרַב 
Sense: to pledge, exchange, mortgage, engage, occupy, undertake for, give pledges, be or become surety, take on pledge, give in pledge.
זָ֑ר  for  a  stranger 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: זוּר 
Sense: to be strange, be a stranger.
וְשֹׂנֵ֖א  but  one  who  hates 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: שָׂנֵא  
Sense: to hate, be hateful.
תֹקְעִ֣ים  being  surety 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: תֹּוקְעִים 
Sense: to blow, clap, strike, sound, thrust, give a blow, blast.
בּוֹטֵֽחַ  is  secure 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: בָּטוּחַ 
Sense: to trust.

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