Exodus 22:26
24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,
- KJV
- If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
- WEB
- If you take your neighbor’s garment as collateral, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down,
- ASV
- If thou at all take thy neighbor`s garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down:
- DARBY
- If thou at all take thy neighbour's garment in pledge, thou shalt return it to him before the sun goes down;
- BLB
- If you at all take in pledge the garment of your neighbor, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down.
- ÅB
- Dersom du tar din nestes kappe i pant, skal du gi ham den igjen før solen går ned;
- OTB
- Hvis du tar din nabos kappe som pant, sørg for at den blir returnert ved solnedgang,
- B1930
- Dersom du tar din næstes kappe i pant, skal du gi ham den igjen før solen går ned;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 20:16
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Read in contextAmos 2:8
And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 24:6
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.
Read in contextEzekiel 18:16
Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
Read in contextProverbs 22:27
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Read in contextJob 24:3
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 24:17
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
Read in contextDeuteronomy 24:10–13
When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
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