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Brenton's Septuagint

Deuteronomy 24:12

If thy neighbour owe thee a debt, any debt whatsoever, thou shalt not go into his house to take his pledge:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Creditor;   Debt;   Lending;   Pawn;   Pledge;   Poor;   Surety (Guarantee);   Thompson Chain Reference - Needy, the;   Poor, the;   Poverty-Riches;   Social Duties;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Beds;   Creditors;   Garments;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Loans;   Poor;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Lending;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Money;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Bed;   Loan;   Poor;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Law;   Loan;   Poor;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Banking;   Loan;   Pledge;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Leviticus;   Pledge;   Poverty;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Pledge;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Bed;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Debts;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Debt;   Deuteronomy;   Justice;   Pledge;   Poor;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
If he is a poor man, do not sleep with the garment he has given as security.
Hebrew Names Version
If he be a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge;
King James Version
And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
Lexham English Bible
And if he is a needy man, you shall not sleep in his pledge.
English Standard Version
And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep in his pledge.
New Century Version
If a poor person gives you a coat to show he will pay the loan back, don't keep it overnight.
New English Translation
If the person is poor you may not use what he gives you as security for a covering.
Amplified Bible
"If the man is poor, you shall not keep his pledge overnight.
New American Standard Bible
"And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Furthermore if it be a poore body, thou shalt not sleepe with his pledge,
Legacy Standard Bible
Now if he is an afflicted man, you shall not sleep with his deposit.
Contemporary English Version
Suppose someone is so poor that a coat is the only thing that can be offered as a guarantee on a loan. Don't keep the coat overnight.
Complete Jewish Bible
If he is poor, you are not to go to bed with what he gave as collateral in your possession;
Darby Translation
And if the man be needy, thou shalt not lie down with his pledge;
Easy-to-Read Version
If he is a poor man, then he might give the clothes that keep him warm . You must not keep that security overnight.
George Lamsa Translation
And if the man is poor, you shall not sleep with his mantle.
Good News Translation
If he is poor, do not keep it overnight;
Literal Translation
And if the man is poor, you shall not sleep with his pledge.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But yf it be a poore body, thou shalt not lye downe to slepe, with his pledge,
American Standard Version
And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge;
Bible in Basic English
If he is a poor man, do not keep his property all night;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Furthermore, if it be a poore body, thou shalt not sleepe with his pledge:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge;
King James Version (1611)
And if the man be poore, thou shalt not sleepe with his pledge:
English Revised Version
And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
Berean Standard Bible
If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli if he is pore, the wed schal not dwelle bi nyyt at thee,
Young's Literal Translation
`And if he is a poor man, thou dost not lie down with his pledge;
Update Bible Version
And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge;
Webster's Bible Translation
And if the man [is] poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
World English Bible
If he be a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge;
New King James Version
And if the man is poor, you shall not keep his pledge overnight.
New Living Translation
If your neighbor is poor and gives you his cloak as security for a loan, do not keep the cloak overnight.
New Life Bible
If he is a poor man, do not keep what he gives you through the night.
New Revised Standard
If the person is poor, you shall not sleep in the garment given you as the pledge.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep in his pledge:
Douay-Rheims Bible
But if he be poor, the pledge shall not lodge with thee that night,
Revised Standard Version
And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep in his pledge;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"If he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge.

Contextual Overview

5 and the last husband should hate her, and write for her a bill of divorcement; and should give it into her hands, and send her away out of his house, and the last husband should die, who took her to himself for a wife; 7 And if any one should have recently taken a wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall any thing be laid upon him; he shall be free in his house; for one year he shall cheer his wife whom he has taken. 8 Thou shalt not take for a pledge the under millstone, nor the upper millstone; for he who does so takes life for a pledge. 9 And if a man should be caught stealing one of his brethren of the children of Israel, and having overcome him he should sell him, that thief shall die; so shalt thou remove that evil one from yourselves. 10 Take heed to thyself in regard of the plague of leprosy: thou shalt take great heed to do according to all the law, which the priests the Levites shall report to you; take heed to do, as I have charged you. 11 Remember all that the Lord thy God did to Mariam in the way, when ye were going out of Egypt. 12 If thy neighbour owe thee a debt, any debt whatsoever, thou shalt not go into his house to take his pledge: 13 thou shalt stand without, and the man who is in thy debt shall bring the pledge out to thee.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 24:17, Job 22:6, Job 24:3, Job 24:9

Reciprocal: Proverbs 3:28 - General Proverbs 25:20 - that taketh Ezekiel 18:7 - hath restored Amos 2:8 - laid

Cross-References

Genesis 15:1
And after these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I shield thee, thy reward shall be very great.
Genesis 24:7
The Lord the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, who took me out of my father’s house, and out of the land whence I sprang, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, I will give this land to thee and to thy seed, he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife to my son from thence.
Genesis 24:8
And if the woman should not be willing to come with thee into this land, thou shalt be clear from my oath, only carry not my son thither again.
Genesis 24:10
And the servant took ten camels of his master’s camels, and he took of all the goods of his master with him, and he arose and went into Mesopotamia to the city of Nachor.
Genesis 24:11
And he rested his camels without the city by the well of water towards evening, when damsels go forth to draw water.
Genesis 24:16
And the virgin was very beautiful in appearance, she was a virgin, a man had not known her; and she went down to the well, and filled her water-pot, and came up.
Genesis 24:17
And the servant ran up to meet her, and said, Give me a little water to drink out of thy pitcher;
Genesis 24:27
and said, Blessed be the Lord the God of my master Abraam, who has not suffered his righteousness to fail, nor his truth from my master, and the Lord has brought me prosperously to the house of the brother of my lord.
Genesis 24:42
And having come this day to the well, I said, Lord God of my master Abraam, if thou prosperest my journey on which I am now going,
Genesis 24:48
And being well-pleased I worshipped the Lord, and I blessed the Lord the God of my master Abraam, who has prospered me in a true way, so that I should take the daughter of my master’s brother for his son.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And if the man [be] poor,.... Which may be thought to be the case of everyone that gives pledges for a debt he owes, or a sum of money he borrows; yet there might be a difference: some might be so very destitute of goods and raiment in their houses, that whatever they parted with was distressing to them, and they could not well do without it:

thou shalt not sleep with his pledge; nor keep it a night; but deliver it to him, before he went to bed, and laid himself down to sleep.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare Exodus 22:25-27.

Deuteronomy 24:13

Righteousness unto thee - Compare Deuteronomy 6:25 note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 24:12. And if the man be poor, c. — Did not this law preclude pledging entirely, especially in case of the abjectly poor? For who would take a pledge in the morning which he knew, if not redeemed, he must restore at night? However, he might resume his claim in the morning, and have the pledge daily returned, and thus keep up his property in it till the debt was discharged Exodus 22:26; Exodus 22:26. The Jews in several cases did act contrary to this rule, and we find them cuttingly reproved for it by the Prophet Amos, Amos 2:8.


 
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