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

24“If you lend money to any of My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act like a debt collector with him, and you are not to charge him interest. 25If you ever take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, you are to return it to him before the sun goes down, for that is his only covering, his cloak for his skin. What will he sleep in? When he cries out to Me I will hear, because I am gracious. 27“Do not despise God, or curse a ruler of your people. 28“Do not hold back the fullness of your crops or your vintage. You are to present the firstborn of your sons to Me.

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 one is to take a pair of millstones or the upper one as collateral, for this would be taking a livelihood as collateral.
• Job 22:6For you took pledges from your brothers for no reason; you stripped the naked of their clothing.
• Job 24:3They drive away the orphan’s donkey and take the widow’s ox as a pledge.
• Proverbs 20:16Take a man’s garment, who puts up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge, as security for a foreign woman.
• Proverbs 22:27If you do not have enough to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
• Ezekiel 18:7He does not wrong anyone, returns his pledge for a debt, does not commit robbery, gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment.
• Ezekiel 33:15if the wicked restores a pledge, gives back what he had taken by robbery, walks in the laws of life, committing no iniquity—he will surely live, he will not die.
• Amos 2:8Upon garments taken in pledge they stretch out beside every altar, and drink wine confiscated as fines in the house 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