KJV King James Version
And if the man [be] poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
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Deuteronomy 24:12
And if the man [be] poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;
WEB World English Bible
If he be a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge;
ASV American Standard Version
And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And if he is a poor man, thou dost not lie down with his pledge;
Surrounding 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.
10 When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.
12 And if the man [be] poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
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.
14 Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant [that is] poor and needy, [whether he be] of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that [are] in thy land within thy gates:
15 At his day thou shalt give [him] his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he [is] poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
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Deuteronomy 24:17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, [nor] of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:Job 24:3They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.Job 24:9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.Job 22:6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
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