Deuteronomy 24 · Verse 10

Deuteronomy 24:10

When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
Deuteronomy 24:10, King James Version

Deuteronomy 24:10 in other translations

BSBWhen you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security.
WEBWhen you lend your neighbor any kind of loan, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge.
ASVWhen thou dost lend thy neighbor any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
YLT‘When thou liftest up on thy brother a debt of anything, thou dost not go in unto his house to obtain his pledge;
DARBYWhen thou dost lend thy brother anything, thou shalt not go into his house to secure his pledge.
BBEIf you let your brother have the use of anything which is yours, do not go into his house and take anything of his as a sign of his debt;
WebsterWhen thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to take his pledge:

What does Deuteronomy 24:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 24:10-13
10-13. When thou dost lend thy brother anything, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge--The course recommended was, in kind and considerate regard, to spare the borrower's feelings. In the case of a poor man who had pledged his cloak, it was to be restored before night, as the poor in Eastern countries have commonly no other covering for wrapping themselves in when they go to sleep than the garment they have worn during the day.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 24:5-13

It is of great consequence that love be kept up between husband and wife; that they carefully avoid every thing which might make them strange one to another. Man-stealing was a capital crime, which could not be settled, as other thefts, by restitution. The laws concerning leprosy must be carefully observed. Thus all who feel their consciences under guilt and wrath, must not cover it, or endeavour to shake off their…

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Deuteronomy 24:10 in the original Hebrew

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כִּֽי\־ki-ifH3588
תַשֶּׁ֥הta.Shehyou will lendH5383
בְרֵֽעֲךָve.Re.'a.khato neighbor yourH7453
מַשַּׁ֣אתma.Shata loan ofH4859
מְא֑וּמָהme.'U.mahanythingH3972
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
תָבֹ֥אta.Vo'you will goH935
אֶל\־'el-intoH413
בֵּית֖וֹbei.Tohouse hisH1004
לַעֲבֹ֥טla.'a.Votto take as pledgeH5670
עֲבֹטֽוֹ\׃a.vo.Topledge hisH5667

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 24:10

  • Deuteronomy 15:8

    But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.

  • Exodus 22:27

    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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
When.
15:8
lend thy brother any thing. Heb. lend the loan of any thingto thy brother.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Deuteronomy 24:9

    Remember what the Lord thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt.

  • Deuteronomy 24:10

    When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

  • Deuteronomy 24:11

    Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.

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Deuteronomy 24:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Cuando dieres á tu prójimo alguna cosa emprestada, no entrarás en su casa para tomarle prenda:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Lorsque tu feras à ton prochain un prêt quelconque, tu n’entreras pas dans sa maison pour recevoir son gage;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wenn du deinem Nächsten irgend ein Darlehn leihst, so sollst du nicht in sein Haus hineingehen, um ihm ein Pfand abzupfänden;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Cum repetes a proximo tuo rem aliquam, quam debet tibi, non ingredieris domum ejus ut pignus auferas: