¹⁵ To guarantee loans for a stranger brings trouble,
    but there is safety in refusing to do so.

¹⁸ It is senseless to give a pledge,
    to become surety for a neighbor.^(A)

¹⁶ Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger;
    seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.

²⁶ Do not be one of those who give pledges,
    who become surety for debts.^(A)

¹³ Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger;
    seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.^[a](A)