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Deuteronomy 24:12

If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;

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:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
If thy neighbour owe thee a debt, any debt whatsoever, thou shalt not go into his house to take his pledge:
English Revised Version
And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
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

5If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married. 6Do not take a pair of millstones or even an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one's livelihood as security. 7If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. You must purge the evil from among you. 8In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them. 9Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the journey after you had left Egypt. 10When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security. 11You are to stand outside while the man to whom you are lending brings the security out to you. 12If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;13be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.

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
After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward."
Genesis 24:7
The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father's house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, 'To your offspring I will give this land'-He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there.
Genesis 24:8
And if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there."
Genesis 24:10
Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor's hometown in Mesopotamia.
Genesis 24:11
As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town, at the time when the women went out to draw water.
Genesis 24:16
Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.
Genesis 24:17
So the servant ran to meet her and said, "Please let me have a little water from your jar."
Genesis 24:27
saying, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master's kinsmen."
Genesis 24:42
So when I came to the spring today, I prayed, 'O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!
Genesis 24:48
Then I bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I praised the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter 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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