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

24My anger will blaze against you, and I will kill you with the sword. Then your wives will be widows and your children fatherless. 25“If you lend money to any of my people who are in need, do not charge interest as a money lender would. If you take your neighbor’s cloak as security for a loan, you must return it before sunset. 27This coat may be the only blanket your neighbor has. How can a person sleep without it? If you do not return it and your neighbor cries out to me for help, then I will hear, for I am merciful. 28“You must not dishonor God or curse any of your rulers.

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“It is wrong to take a set of millstones, or even just the upper millstone, as security for a loan, for the owner uses it to make a living.
• Job 22:6“For example, you must have lent money to your friend and demanded clothing as security. Yes, you stripped him to the bone.
• Job 24:3They take the orphan’s donkey and demand the widow’s ox as security for a loan.
• Proverbs 20:16Get security from someone who guarantees a stranger’s debt. Get a deposit if he does it for foreigners.
• Proverbs 22:27If you can’t pay it, even your bed will be snatched from under you.
• Ezekiel 18:7He is a merciful creditor, not keeping the items given as security by poor debtors. He does not rob the poor but instead gives food to the hungry and provides clothes for the needy.
• Ezekiel 33:15For instance, they might give back a debtor’s security, return what they have stolen, and obey my life-giving laws, no longer doing what is evil. If they do this, then they will surely live and not die.
• Amos 2:8At their religious festivals, they lounge in clothing their debtors put up as security. In the house of their gods, they drink wine bought with unjust fines.

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