Would that [He] our mediator were [present], and a reprover, and one who should hear [the cause] between both.

And I myself will be a surety for him; at my hand you shall require him; if I bring him not to you, and place him before you, I shall be guilty toward you forever.

For your servant has received the boy in charge from his father, saying, If I don't bring him to you, and place him before you, I shall be guilty towards my father forever.

A bad man does harm wherever he meets a just man, and he hates the sound of safety.

[This translation omits this verse.]

by so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant.

Then poverty comes upon you as an evil traveler, and your need as a swift courier. [ 6:11A] But if you be diligent, your harvest shall arrive as a fountain, and poverty shall flee away as a bad courier.

A bad man does harm wherever he meets a just man, and he hates the sound of safety.

A foolish man applauds and rejoices over himself, as he also that becomes surety would make himself responsible for his own friends.

Become not surety from respect of a man's person.