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 Living Translation (NLT)If you take your neighbor’s cloak as security for a loan, you must return it before sunset.

Context of Exodus 22:26

24and My wrath will become hot, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. 25“If you lend money to any of My people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him interest. If you ever take your neighbor’s garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down. 27For that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What will he sleep in? And it will be that when he cries to Me, I will hear, for I am gracious. 28“You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler 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 24:6“No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone in pledge, for he takes one’s living in pledge.
• Job 22:6For you have taken pledges from your brother for no reason, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
• Job 24:3They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; They take the widow’s ox as a pledge.
• Proverbs 20:16Take the garment of one who is surety for a stranger, And hold it as a pledge when it is for a seductress.
• Proverbs 22:27If you have nothing with which to pay, Why should he take away your bed from under you?
• Ezekiel 18:7If he has not oppressed anyone, But has restored to the debtor his pledge; Has robbed no one by violence, But has given his bread to the hungry And covered the naked with clothing;
• Ezekiel 33:15if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
• Amos 2:8They lie down by every altar on clothes taken in pledge, And drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

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