Deuteronomy 24:12

Deuteronomy 24:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
• New International Version (NIV)If the neighbor is poor, do not go to sleep with their pledge in your possession.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep in his pledge.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And if the man is poor, you shall not keep his pledge overnight.

Context of Deuteronomy 24:12

10If you lend something to your neighbour you may take something from him as a guarantee. But do not go into his house to take it. 11You must wait outside the house. Then your neighbour can bring out what he has chosen to give you. If the person is poor, do not take his coat and keep it with you all night. 13You must always give his coat back to him before sunset. Then he can sleep in it to keep himself warm. He will ask God to bless you because you have been kind. The Lord your God will know that you have done the right thing. 14Do not be cruel to any poor or helpless person who works for you. Be kind to him, whether he is an Israelite or a foreigner who lives in one of your towns.

Deuteronomy 24:12 word by word

וְאִם־אִ֥ישׁ עָנִ֖י ה֑וּא לֹ֥א תִשְׁכַּ֖ב בַּעֲבֹטֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And if the manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• poorעָנִי‛ânîy · afflictedH6041
• thou shalt not sleepשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: sleepH7901
• with his pledgeעֲבוֹט‛ăbôţ ‛ăbôţ · pledgeH5667

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 24:12

• Deuteronomy 24:17Remember to be completely fair to foreigners and to children who have no family. If you lend money to a widow, do not take her coat as a guarantee.
• Job 22:6You took things from your friends when you lent money to them. You had no reason to do that. You even took away the only clothes that poor people were wearing.
• Job 24:3They take away a donkey that belongs to a child who has no family. They take an ox away from a widow, when they lend money to her.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 24:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12And if the man be poor, etc. - 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; see the note on Exodus 22:26. The Jews in several cases did act contrary to this rule…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10-13Verses 10-13 Compare Exodus 22:25-27. Deuteronomy 24:13 Righteousness unto thee - Compare Deuteronomy 6:25 note.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-13Verses 5-13 It is of great consequence that love be kept up between husband and wife; that they carefully avoid every thing which might make them strange one to another. Man-stealing was a capital crime, which could not be settled, as other thefts, by restitution. The laws concerning leprosy must be carefully observed. Thus all who feel their consciences under guilt and wrath, must not cover it, or endeavour to shake off their convictions; but by…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1310-13. When thou dost lend thy brother anything, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge--The course recommended was, in kind and considerate regard, to spare the borrower's feelings. In the case of a poor man who had pledged his cloak, it was to be restored before night, as the poor in Eastern countries have commonly no other covering for wrapping themselves in when they go to sleep than the garment they have worn during the day.Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 24:12

• Creditor
• Debt
• Lending
• Pawn
• Pledge
• Poor
• Surety (Guarantee)

In the dictionaries

• Bed
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• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
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• Deuteronomy
• Exodus, the Book of

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings