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Contemporary English Version

Deuteronomy 24:10

Moses said to Israel: When you lend money to people, you are allowed to keep something of theirs as a guarantee that the money will be paid back. But you must not go into their house to get it.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Castle;   Creditor;   Debt;   Domicile;   House;   Lending;   Pawn;   Pledge;   Surety (Guarantee);   Trespass;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Creditors;  

Dictionaries:

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

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Borrowing;   Courts, Judicial;   Debt;   Lend;   Pledge;   Poor;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Commandments, the 613;   Domicil;   Judaism;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“When you make a loan of any kind to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect what he offers as security.
Hebrew Names Version
When you do lend your neighbor any manner of loan, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge.
King James Version
When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
Lexham English Bible
"When you make a loan to your neighbor, a loan of any kind, you shall not go into his house to take his pledge.
English Standard Version
"When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not go into his house to collect his pledge.
New Century Version
When you make a loan to your neighbors, don't go into their homes to get something in place of it.
New English Translation
When you make any kind of loan to your neighbor, you may not go into his house to claim what he is offering as security.
Amplified Bible
"When you lend your neighbor anything, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge (security deposit).
New American Standard Bible
"When you make your neighbor a loan of any kind, you shall not enter his house to take his pledge.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Whe thou shalt aske again of thy neighbour any thing lent, thou shalt not goe into his house to fet his pledge.
Legacy Standard Bible
"When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not enter his house to take his deposit.
Complete Jewish Bible
"When you make any kind of loan to your neighbor, you are not to enter his house to take his collateral.
Darby Translation
When thou dost lend thy brother anything, thou shalt not go into his house to secure his pledge.
Easy-to-Read Version
"When you give someone any kind of loan, you must not go into their house to get security.
George Lamsa Translation
If your neighbor owes you a debt, you shall not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
Good News Translation
"When you lend someone something, do not go into his house to get the garment he is going to give you as security;
Literal Translation
When you lend your neighbor any kind of loan, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf thou lendest yi brother eny dett, thou shalt not go into his house, and take a pledge,
American Standard Version
When thou dost lend thy neighbor any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
Bible in Basic English
If you let your brother have the use of anything which is yours, do not go into his house and take anything of his as a sign of his debt;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
When thou doest lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetche a pledge from thence:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
When thou dost lend thy neighbour any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
King James Version (1611)
When thou doest lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not goe into his house to fetch his pledge.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
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.
English Revised Version
When thou dost lend thy neighbour any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
Berean Standard Bible
When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whanne thou schalt axe of thi neiyebore ony thing which he owith to thee, thou schalt not entre in to his hows, that thou take awei a wed;
Young's Literal Translation
`When thou liftest up on thy brother a debt of anything, thou dost not go in unto his house to obtain his pledge;
Update Bible Version
When you lend your neighbor any manner of loan, you shall not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
Webster's Bible Translation
When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to take his pledge:
World English Bible
When you do lend your neighbor any manner of loan, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge.
New King James Version
"When you lend your brother anything, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge.
New Living Translation
"If you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to pick up the item he is giving as security.
New Life Bible
"When you let your neighbor use anything of yours, do not go into his house to take what he would give you to make his promise sure.
New Revised Standard
When you make your neighbor a loan of any kind, you shall not go into the house to take the pledge.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
When thou lendest thy neighbour a loan of anything, thou shalt not enter into his house to secure his pledge:
Douay-Rheims Bible
When thou shalt demand of thy neighbour any thing that he oweth thee, thou shalt not go into his house to take away a pledge:
Revised Standard Version
"When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
THE MESSAGE
When you make a loan of any kind to your neighbor, don't enter his house to claim his pledge. Wait outside. Let the man to whom you made the pledge bring the pledge to you outside. And if he is destitute, don't use his cloak as a bedroll; return it to him at nightfall so that he can sleep in his cloak and bless you. In the sight of God , your God, that will be viewed as a righteous act.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not enter his house to take his pledge.

Contextual Overview

5 Moses said to Israel: If a man and a woman have been married less than one year, he must not be sent off to war or sent away to do forced labor. He must be allowed to stay home for a year and be happy with his wife. 6 Moses said to Israel: When you lend money to people, you are allowed to keep something of theirs as a guarantee that they will pay back the loan. But don't take one or both of their millstones, or else they may starve. They need these stones for grinding grain into flour to make bread. 7 Moses said to Israel: If you are guilty of kidnapping Israelites and forcing them into slavery, you will be put to death to remove this evil from the community. 8 Moses said to Israel: I have told the priests what to do if any of you have leprosy, so do exactly what they say. 9 And remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam after you left Egypt. 10 Moses said to Israel: When you lend money to people, you are allowed to keep something of theirs as a guarantee that the money will be paid back. But you must not go into their house to get it. 11 Wait outside, and they will bring out the item you have agreed on. 12 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. 13 Instead, give it back before sunset, so the owner can keep warm and sleep and ask the Lord to bless you. Then the Lord your God will notice that you have done the right thing.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

When: Deuteronomy 15:8

lend thy brother any thing: Heb. lend the loan of anything to thy brother

Reciprocal: Exodus 22:26 - to pledge Nehemiah 5:7 - Ye exact usury Job 22:6 - For thou Job 24:3 - drive Ezekiel 33:15 - restore

Cross-References

Genesis 11:31
Terah decided to move from Ur to the land of Canaan. He took along Abram and Sarai and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran. But when they came to the city of Haran, they decided to settle there instead.
Genesis 24:2
One day, Abraham called in his most trusted servant and said to him, "Solemnly promise me
Genesis 24:4
Instead, go back to the land where I was born and find a wife for him from among my relatives."
Genesis 24:5
But the servant asked, "What if the young woman I choose refuses to leave home and come here with me? Should I send Isaac there to look for a wife?"
Genesis 24:6
"No!" Abraham answered. "Don't ever do that, no matter what.
Genesis 24:8
If the woman refuses to come along, you don't have to keep this promise. But don't ever take my son back there."
Genesis 24:9
So the servant gave Abraham his word that he would do everything he had been told to do.
Genesis 24:10
Soon after that, the servant loaded ten of Abraham's camels with valuable gifts. Then he set out for the city in northern Syria, where Abraham's brother Nahor lived.
Genesis 24:22
The servant had brought along an expensive gold ring and two large gold bracelets. When Rebekah had finished bringing the water, he gave her the ring for her nose and the bracelets for her arms.
Genesis 24:23
Then he said, "Please tell me who your father is. Does he have room in his house for me and my men to spend the night?"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When thou dost lend thy brother anything,.... Any sum of money he stands in need of, or demanded a debt of him, as Jarchi; money he is indebted to thee, which is the sense of the Septuagint version; and he is not able to pay it, but offers something: in pawn till he can pay it:

thou shall not go into his house to fetch his pledge; which would be an exercise of too much power and authority, to go into a neighbour's house, and take what was liked; and besides, as no doubt he would take the best, so he might take that which the poor man could not spare: and indeed, according to the Jewish canons k, he could not take any pledge at all, but with the knowledge, and by the leave, of the sanhedrim, or court of judicature.

k Misn. Bava Metzia, c. 9. sect. 13.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare Exodus 22:25-27.

Deuteronomy 24:13

Righteousness unto thee - Compare Deuteronomy 6:25 note.


 
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