Deuteronomy 24 · Verse 12

Deuteronomy 24:12

And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
Deuteronomy 24:12, King James Version

Deuteronomy 24:12 in other translations

BSBIf he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;
WEBIf he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge.
ASVAnd if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge;
YLT‘And if he is a poor man, thou dost not lie down with his pledge;
DARBYAnd if the man be needy, thou shalt not lie down with his pledge;
BBEIf he is a poor man, do not keep his property all night;
WebsterAnd if the man is poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:

What does Deuteronomy 24:12 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…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 And if the man be poor, etc. - Did not this law preclude pledging entirely, especially in case of the abjectly poor? For who would take a pledge in the morning which he knew, if not redeemed, he must restore at night? However, he might resume his claim in the morning, and have the pledge daily returned, and thus keep up his property in it till the debt was discharged; see the note on Exo 22:26. The Jews in several cases did act contrary to this rule, and we find them cuttingly reproved for it by the Prophet Amos, Amo 2:8.

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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 24:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאִם\־ve.'im-and ifH518
אִ֥ישׁ'ish[is] a personH376
עָנִ֖י'a.NipoorH6041
ה֑וּאHu'heH1931
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
תִשְׁכַּ֖בtish.Kavyou will lie downH7901
בַּעֲבֹטֽוֹ\׃ba.'a.vo.Toin pledge hisH5667

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

Cross references for Deuteronomy 24:12

  • Deuteronomy 24:17

    Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
17; Job 22:6; 24:3,9

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

Context

  • Deuteronomy 24:11

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

  • Deuteronomy 24:12

    And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:

  • Deuteronomy 24:13

    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.

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Deuteronomy 24:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y si fuere hombre pobre, no duermas con su prenda:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et si l’homme est pauvre, tu ne te coucheras pas sur son gage;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und wenn er ein dürftiger Mann ist, so sollst du dich nicht mit seinem Pfande schlafen legen;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sin autem pauper est, non pernoctabit apud te pignus,