Proverbs 11:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

See the marginal reference. The play upon “sure” and “suretiship” in the the King James Version (though each word is rightly rendered) has nothing corresponding to it in the Hebrew, and seems to have originated in a desire to give point to the proverb.

Proverbs 11:15

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