Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If the neighbor is poor, do not go to sleep with their pledge in your possession. New Living Translation If your neighbor is poor and gives you his cloak as security for a loan, do not keep the cloak overnight. English Standard Version And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep in his pledge. Berean Standard Bible If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession; King James Bible And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: New King James Version And if the man is poor, you shall not keep his pledge overnight. New American Standard Bible And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge. NASB 1995 “If he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge. NASB 1977 “And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge. Legacy Standard Bible Now if he is an afflicted man, you shall not sleep with his deposit. Amplified Bible If the man is poor, you shall not keep his pledge overnight. Christian Standard Bible If he is a poor man, do not sleep with the garment he has given as security. Holman Christian Standard Bible If he is a poor man, you must not sleep in the garment he has given as security. American Standard Version And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge; Contemporary English Version Suppose someone is so poor that a coat is the only thing that can be offered as a guarantee on a loan. Don't keep the coat overnight. English Revised Version And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: GOD'S WORD® Translation If the person is poor, don't keep the coat you took as a deposit overnight. Good News Translation If he is poor, do not keep it overnight; International Standard Version If he is a poor man, don't go to sleep with his collateral in your possession. Majority Standard Bible If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession; NET Bible If the person is poor you may not use what he gives you as security for a covering. New Heart English Bible If he be a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge; Webster's Bible Translation And if the man is poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: World English Bible If he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd if he is a poor man, you do not lie down with his pledge; Young's Literal Translation 'And if he is a poor man, thou dost not lie down with his pledge; Smith's Literal Translation And if the man be poor, he shall not sleep with his pledge. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBut if he be poor, the pledge shall not lodge with thee that night, Catholic Public Domain Version But if he is poor, then the collateral shall not remain with you through the night. New American Bible If the person is poor, you shall not sleep in the pledged garment, New Revised Standard Version If the person is poor, you shall not sleep in the garment given you as the pledge. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd if the man is poor, you shall not sleep with his mantle. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And if the man is poor you shall not sleep with his cloak: OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge; Brenton Septuagint Translation And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Additional Laws…11You are to stand outside while the man to whom you are lending brings the security out to you. 12If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession; 13be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.… Cross References Exodus 22:26-27 If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset, / because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will hear, for I am compassionate. Leviticus 19:13 You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand. Job 24:9-10 The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt. / Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry. Amos 2:8 They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines. Proverbs 3:27-28 Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act. / Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”—when you already have the means. Isaiah 58:6-7 Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke? / Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? Ezekiel 18:7 He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing. Nehemiah 5:11 Please restore to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and oil that you have been assessing them.” Jeremiah 34:14 Every seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free. But your fathers did not listen or incline their ear. Malachi 3:5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts. Matthew 5:42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you. Luke 6:34-35 And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. / But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. James 2:15-16 Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. / If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that? 1 John 3:17 If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him? Matthew 25:35-40 For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, / I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’ / Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink? ... Treasury of Scripture And if the man be poor, you shall not sleep with his pledge: Deuteronomy 24:17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge: Job 22:6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. Job 24:3,9 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge… Jump to Previous Lie Needy Night Pledge Poor Possession Property SleepJump to Next Lie Needy Night Pledge Poor Possession Property SleepDeuteronomy 24 1. Of divorce5. A new married man goes not to war 6. Of pledges 7. Of kidnapping 8. Of leprosy 10. Of pledges 14. The hire is to be given 16. Of justice 19. Of charity If he is a poor man The Hebrew word for "poor" here is "עָנִי" (ani), which refers to someone who is afflicted, humble, or economically disadvantaged. In the ancient Israelite society, poverty was a significant concern, and the Law given through Moses often emphasized the protection and fair treatment of the poor. This phrase sets the stage for a compassionate approach to those who are less fortunate, highlighting God's heart for justice and mercy. The poor were often vulnerable to exploitation, and this commandment serves as a safeguard against such injustices. you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession Hebrew Ifוְאִם־ (wə·’im-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not he ה֑וּא (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are is a poor עָנִ֖י (‘ā·nî) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6041: Poor, afflicted, humble man, אִ֥ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person you must not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no go to sleep תִשְׁכַּ֖ב (ṯiš·kaḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7901: To lie down with the security {in your possession}; בַּעֲבֹטֽוֹ׃ (ba·‘ă·ḇō·ṭōw) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5667: A pledge, article pledged Links Deuteronomy 24:12 NIVDeuteronomy 24:12 NLT Deuteronomy 24:12 ESV Deuteronomy 24:12 NASB Deuteronomy 24:12 KJV Deuteronomy 24:12 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 24:12 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 24:12 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 24:12 French Bible Deuteronomy 24:12 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 24:12 If he be a poor man you (Deut. 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