This translation is from the New Jerusalem Bible. Other translations are available here. Information about the original Hebrew meaning of what seem to be the key words is provided immediately below the scriptural text. Collections of scriptures dealing with similar principles are hyperlinked at the end of this post.
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My child, if you have gone surety for your neighbor, if you have guaranteed the bond of a stranger, 2if you have committed yourself with your lips, if through words of yours you have been entrapped, 3do this, my child, to extricate yourself -- since you have put yourself in the power of your neighbor: go, humble yourself, plead with your neighbor,4give your eyes no sleep, your eyelids no rest, 5break free like a gazelle from the trap, like a bird from the fowler's clutches.
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son = בֵּן = bēn Blue Letter Bible son, grandson, child, member of a group; male child; young men; children (pl. - male and female); foster son; disciple; one related to a time, place, emotion, condition, status; term of kindliness or endearment; expression of intimate and gracious relation
gone surety = עָרַב = ʿāraḇ Blue Letter Bible to pledge, exchange, mortgage; give pledges, be or become surety, take on pledge, give in pledge; occupy, undertake for; to braid, i.e. intermix
guaranteed = תָּקַע = tāqaʿ Blue Letter Bible to strike or pledge oneself; slap (the hands together); to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to become bondsman by handclasping); to blow, clap, strike, sound, thrust, give a blow, blast; gesture ratifying a bargain, specifically pledging oneself to become surety
committed = יָקֹשׁ = yāqōš Blue Letter Bible to lure, entice, snare, lay a snare or lure, set a trap; ensnared, caught by a bait
entrapped = לָכַד = lāḵaḏ Blue Letter Bible capture, take, seize; be frozen, be holden, stick together; intercept
do = עָשָׂה = ʿāśâ Blue Letter Bible do, fashion, accomplish, make; work, produce; deal (with); to act, act with effect, effect; attend to, put in order; to observe, celebrate; advance; follow, fulfill; be industrious, labor; yield; produce by labor
son = בֵּן = bēn Blue Letter Bible son, grandson, child, member of a group; male child; young men; children (pl. - male and female); foster son; disciple; one related to a time, place, emotion, condition, status; term of kindliness or endearment; expression of intimate and gracious relation
extricate = נָצַל = nāṣal Blue Letter Bible snatch away, deliver, rescue; torn out or away; defend; preserve; draw out, pull out
go = יָלַךְ = yālaḵ Blue Letter Bible go, walk, come; lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk; journey; proceed
humble = רָפַשׂ = rāp̄aś Blue Letter Bible tread with the feet; stamp oneself down; to trample, i.e. prostrate; humble oneself; submit self
plead = רָהַב = rāhaḇ Blue Letter Bible urge severely; behave proudly, act stormily or boisterously or arrogantly; beset, importune; to disturb, alarm, awe, confuse, make bold or proud; overcome; trembling; hastening; rage, be fierce; press upon, press greatly, urge on; be courageous
break free = נָצַל = nāṣal Blue Letter Bible to snatch away, deliver, rescue; be torn out or away; defend; preserve; draw out, pull out
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