Deuteronomy 24:13

Poverty and the vulnerable Justice Mercy and compassion

¹¹ You are to stand outside while the man to whom you are lending brings the security out to you.

¹² If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;

be 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.

¹⁴ Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

¹⁵ You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: be 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: You shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his garment and bless you. It shall be righteousness to you before the LORD your God.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: in any case thou shalt return him the pledge at the going down of the sun, that he may sleep in his own upper garment and bless thee; and it shall be righteousness unto thee before Jehovah thy God.
BLB: You shall surely return the pledge to him when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his own garment and bless you, and to you it shall be righteousness before the face of YHWH your God.

ÅB: du skal gi ham pantet tilbake når solen går ned, for at han kan legge seg i sin kappe og velsigne deg; og det skal tjene deg til rettferdighet for Herrens, din Guds åsyn.
OTB: Returner kappen deres ved solnedgang slik at de kan sove i den og velsigne deg; dette vil bli betraktet som en rettferdig handling for Herren din Gud.
B1930: du skal gi ham pantet tilbake når solen går ned, forat han kan legge sig i sin kappe og velsigne dig; og det skal tjene dig til rettferdighet for Herrens, din Guds åsyn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 6:25
And if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness.”
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Daniel 4:27
Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”
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Exodus 22:26–27
If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,
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Deuteronomy 24:15
You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
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Psalms 112:9
He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
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Isaiah 58:8
Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
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Job 31:16–20
If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
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2 Timothy 1:16–18
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.
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