不要与人击掌，不要为欠债的作保。

不要为人击掌担保，也不要为债务作保。

不要为人击掌担保，也不要为债务作保。

不要为人击掌作保，不要为欠债的抵押。

不要替别人击掌担保，也不可为欠债的作保证人。

不要成为击掌作保的人，也不要为债务担保；

不要與人擊掌，不要為欠債的作保。

不要為人擊掌擔保，也不要為債務作保。

不要為人擊掌擔保，也不要為債務作保。

不要為人擊掌作保，不要為欠債的抵押。

不要替別人擊掌擔保，也不可為欠債的作保證人。

不可做個擊掌擔保的人；也不可為債務作保；

不要成為擊掌作保的人，也不要為債務擔保；

勿為人拊掌、勿為債作保、

有人負金、毋為中保。

爾勿擊掌、擊掌亦作保之義勿為人所負之債作保、

Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts;

Don’t agree to pay for what someone else owes. And don’t agree to pay their bills for them.

Be not one of those who give pledges, who put up security for debts.

Don’t agree to guarantee another person’s debt or put up security for someone else.

Don’t be one of those who enter agreements, who put up security for loans.

Do not be among those who shake hands, Among those who become guarantors for debts.

Do not be one of those who shakes hands in a pledge, One of those who is surety for debts;

Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts.

Don’t be one of those who enter agreements, who put up security for loans.

Be not thou[ one] of them that strike hands,[ or] of them that are sureties for debts.

Do not be one who strikes hands in pledge or who puts up security for debts.

Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.

为外人作保的，必受亏损；恨恶击掌的，却得安稳。 (cunps)

在邻舍面前击掌作保乃是无知的人。 (cunps)

我儿，你若为朋友作保，替外人击掌，你就被口中的话语缠住，被嘴里的言语捉住。我儿，你既落在朋友手中，就当这样行才可救自己：你要自卑，去恳求你的朋友。不要容你的眼睛睡觉；不要容你的眼皮打盹。要救自己，如鹿脱离猎户的手，如鸟脱离捕鸟人的手。 (cunps)

谁为生人作保，就拿谁的衣服；谁为外女作保，谁就承当。 (cunps)