Proverbs 20:16
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

Young's Literal Translation
Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.

King James Bible
Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

Hebrew
Take
לְֽקַח־ (lə·qaḥ-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

the garment
בִּ֭גְדוֹ (biḡ·ḏōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 899: A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage

of the one
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

who posts security
עָ֣רַב (‘ā·raḇ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6148: To braid, intermix, technically, to traffic, give to be security

for a stranger;
זָ֑ר (zār)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2114: To turn aside, to be a, foreigner, strange, profane, to commit adultery

get collateral
חַבְלֵֽהוּ׃ (ḥaḇ·lê·hū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2254: To wind tightly, to bind, a pledge, to pervert, destroy, to writhe in pain

if it is for
וּבְעַ֖ד (ū·ḇə·‘aḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 1157: In up to, over against, at, beside, among, behind, for

a wayward woman.
נָכְרִיָּ֣ה (nā·ḵə·rî·yāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 5237: Foreign, alien

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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