Exodus 22:26

Exodus 22:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
• New International Version (NIV)If you take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, return it by sunset,
• English Standard Version (ESV)If ever you take your neighbor's cloak in pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down,
• New King James Version (NKJV)If you ever take your neighbor’s garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down.

Context of Exodus 22:26

24I will be very angry with you. I will kill you in war. Your wives will become widows. Your children will no longer have any family. 25You may lend money to any of my people who need help. But do not ask them to pay back more money than you have lent to them. That is what traders in money do. You may take someone's coat as a guarantee that he will pay you back. But you must always return his coat to him before sunset. 27He needs his coat to keep him warm at night. It is the only warm thing that he has to sleep in. If you keep his coat, I will hear him when he calls out to me for help. And I will help him, because I am very kind to people. 28Never insult God. Never curse anyone who is a leader of your people.

Exodus 22:26 word by word

אִם־חָבֹ֥ל תַּחְבֹּ֖ל שַׂלְמַ֣ת רֵעֶ֑ךָ עַד־בֹּ֥א הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ תְּשִׁיבֶ֥נּוּ לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• If thou at allחָבַלchâbal · to pledgeH2254
• takeחָבַלchâbal · to pledgeH2254
• thy neighbour’sרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
• raimentשַׂלְמָהώalmâh · garmentH8008
• thou shalt deliverשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• it unto him byעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• that the sunשֶׁ֫מֶשׁshemesh · sunH8121
• goeth downבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935

Cross-references for Exodus 22:26

• Deuteronomy 24:6When you lend money to people, you may take something from them as a guarantee. But do not take the stones that they use to make grain into flour. Do not take either of the stones. People need both those stones to make food to stay alive. So do not take away their life.
• 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.
• Proverbs 20:16If someone promises to pay the debts of a stranger, take his coat as a guarantee that he will pay.
• Proverbs 22:27If you cannot pay, they will take away your bed, even while you are sleeping on it!
• Ezekiel 18:7He is not cruel to other people. When he lends money to someone, he gives back anything that he has taken as a guarantee. He does not take things that belong to other people. He gives food to hungry people. He gives clothes to poor people.
• Ezekiel 33:15For example, a wicked person might give back something that he has taken from someone as a guarantee. Or he might give back things that he has robbed from people. A wicked person might start to obey the laws that give life. He might stop doing evil things. If wicked people change like that, then they will continue to live. They will not die as punishment for their sins.
• Amos 2:8When they lend money to poor people, they take the poor people's clothes. They do not return the clothes each night, as they should do. Instead they sleep on the clothes themselves. They do that at the places where they worship their gods. The rich people take money from poor people. They use that money to buy wine for themselves. Then they drink the wine in the temples of their gods.

Commentaries on Exodus 22:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26If thou - take thy neighbor's raiment to pledge - It seems strange that any pledge should be taken which must be so speedily restored; but it is very likely that the pledge was restored by night only, and that he who pledged it brought it back to his creditor next morning. The opinion of the rabbins is, that whatever a man needed for the support of life, he had the use of it when absolutely necessary, though it was pledged. Thus he had the use of his…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26The law regarding pledges is expanded, Deuteronomy 24:6, Deuteronomy 24:10-13.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-27Although interest could not be charged on a loan to another Israelite, collateral (or security) could be required. However, even the security had to be handled in a humane way. The requirements of the covenant reflected the character of God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 26-2726-27. If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, &c.--From the nature of the case, this is the description of a poor man. No Orientals undress, but, merely throwing off their turbans and some of their heavy outer garments, they sleep in the clothes which they wear during the day. The bed of the poor is usually nothing else than a mat; and, in winter, they cover themselves with a cloak--a practice which forms the ground or reason of the humane…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 22:26

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

In the dictionaries

• Bed
• Book
• Cause
• Cloak
• Curse
• Debtor
• Feed
• God
• Loan
• Poor

Commentaries on Exodus 22

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings