For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Deuteronomy 24:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep in his pledge; More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if the man is poor, you shall not keep his pledge overnight. American Standard Version (1901) And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge; Common English Bible Moreover, if the person is poor, you are not allowed to sleep in their pawned coat. Catholic Public Domain Version But if he is poor, then the collateral shall not remain with you through the night. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if he be poor, the pledge shall not lodge with thee that night, |
For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
They drive away the ass of the fatherless; they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
They lie all night naked, without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
(There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast, and take in pledge the infant of the poor.)
You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the pledge out to you.
when the sun goes down, you shall restore to him the pledge that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you; and it shall be righteousness to you before the Lord your God.
“You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, or take a widow's garment in pledge;