Deuteronomy 24:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹³ You shall give the pledge back by sunset, so that your neighbor may sleep in the cloak and bless you, and it will be to your credit before the Lord your God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ in any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ You shall surely restore to him the pledge at sunset, that he may sleep in his garment and bless you; and it shall be credited to you as righteousness (rightness and justice) before the Lord your God.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before Jehovah thy God.

Common English Bible

¹³ Instead, be certain to give the pawned coat back by sunset so they can sleep in their own coat. They will bless you, and you will be considered righteous before the LORD your God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ Instead, you shall return it to him promptly, before the setting of the sun, so that, sleeping in his own garment, he may bless you, and you may have justice in the presence of the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 24:13 Cross References

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, O king, may my counsel be acceptable to you: atone for your sins with righteousness and your iniquities with mercy to the oppressed, so that your prosperity may be prolonged.”

Deuteronomy 6:25

If we diligently observe this entire commandment before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, we will be in the right.’

Deuteronomy 24:15

You shall pay them their wages daily before sunset, because they are poor and their livelihood depends on them; otherwise they might cry to the Lord against you, and you would incur guilt.

James 1:27

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Ephesians 4:26

Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

Amos 2:8

they lay themselves down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink wine bought with fines they imposed.

Ezekiel 33:15

if the wicked restore the pledge, give back what they have taken by robbery, and walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity—they shall surely live; they shall not die.

Ezekiel 18:12

oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore the pledge, lifts up his eyes to the idols, commits abomination,

Ezekiel 18:7

does not oppress anyone but restores to the debtor his pledge, commits no robbery, gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment,

Isaiah 58:8

Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up quickly; your vindicator shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.

Psalm 112:9

They have distributed freely; they have given to the poor; their righteousness endures forever; their horn is exalted in honor.

Genesis 15:6

And he believed the Lord, and the Lord reckoned it to him as righteousness.

Ezekiel 18:16

does not wrong anyone, exacts no pledge, commits no robbery but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment,

Deuteronomy 24:12

If the person is poor, you shall not sleep in the garment given you as the pledge.

Exodus 22:25

“If you lend money to my people, to the poor among you, you shall not deal with them as a creditor; you shall not exact interest from them.