New International Version (NIV)
3So do this, my son, to free yourself,
since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands:
Go—to the point of exhaustion—6:3 Or Go and humble yourself,
and give your neighbor no rest!
Proverbs 6:3
Proverbs 6:3 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
3Then do this, my son, and save yourself:
Since you have come into the 6:3 Lit palmhand of your neighbor,
Go, humble yourself, and be urgent with your neighbor to free yourself.
New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
3Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself;
Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor,
Go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
3Do this now, my son, and release yourself [from the obligation];
6:3 Under the ancient laws governing debt, a man obligated for another’s debt could lose his money, land, bed, and clothing; and if these were not sufficient, he and his wife and children could be sold as slaves, not to be released until the next Year of Jubilee—fifty years after the previous one.Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor,
Go humble yourself, and plead with your neighbor [to pay his debt and release you].
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
3then do this, my son, to free yourself,
for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands:
Go, humble yourself,6:3 Or hasten
and press your plea with your neighbor.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
3Instead, my son, do something to free yourself.
Don’t fall into your neighbor’s hands.
Go until you can’t go anymore.
Don’t let your neighbor rest.