Deuteronomy 24:12

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.

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.

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:

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 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

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
Later the Lord spoke to Abram in a vision, "Abram, don't be afraid! I will protect you and reward you greatly."

Genesis 24:7
The Lord who rules heaven brought me here from the land where I was born and promised that he would give this land to my descendants forever. When you go back there, the Lord will send his angel ahead of you to help you find a wife for my son.

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 24:10
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 24:11
When he got there, he let the camels rest near the well outside the city. It was late afternoon, the time when the women came out for water.

Genesis 24:17
Abraham's servant ran to her and said, "Please let me have a drink of water."

Genesis 24:27
"I thank you, Lord God of my master Abraham! You have led me to his relatives and kept your promise to him."

Genesis 24:42
When I came to the well today, I silently prayed, "You, Lord , are the God my master Abraham worships, so please lead me to a wife for his son

Genesis 24:48
Then I bowed my head and gave thanks to the God my master Abraham worships. The Lord had led me straight to my master's relatives, and I had found a wife for his son.

Genesis 26:24
where the Lord appeared to him that night and told him, "Don't be afraid! I am the God who was worshiped by your father Abraham, my servant. I will be with you and bless you, and because of Abraham I will give you many descendants."

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.