For you took collateral from your brothers without cause, stripping off their clothes and leaving them naked.
Deuteronomy 24:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised If he is a poor man, do not sleep with the garment he has given as security. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 took collateral from your brothers without cause, stripping off their clothes and leaving them naked.
Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry sheaves but go hungry.
They drive away the donkeys owned by the fatherless and take the widow’s ox as collateral.
Without clothing, they spend the night naked, having no covering against the cold.
The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.
Stand outside while the man you are making the loan to brings the security out to you.
Be sure to return it to him at sunset. Then he will sleep in it and bless you, and this will be counted as righteousness to you before the Lord your God.
Do not deny justice to a resident foreigner or fatherless child, and do not take a widow’s garment as security.