KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
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.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
you shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless you: and it shall be righteousness to you before Yahweh your God.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
thou dost certainly give back to him the pledge at the going in of the sun, and he hath lain down in his own raiment, and hath blessed thee; and to thee it is righteousness before Jehovah thy God.
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 24
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.
16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
Topics connected to this verse
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
הָשֵׁב֩H7725 · shuvto return: returnתָּשִׁ֨יבH7725 · shuvto return: returnל֤וֹH9033 · ohimאֶֽת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַעֲבוֹט֙H5667 · a.votpledgeכְּבֹ֣אH935 · boto come (in): comeהַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁH8121 · she.meshsunוְשָׁכַ֥בH7901 · sha.khavto lie down: lay downבְּשַׂלְמָת֖וֹH8008 · sal.mahgarmentוּבֵֽרֲכֶ֑ךָּH1288 · ba.rakhto blessוּלְךָ֙H9031 · kayouתִּהְיֶ֣הH1961 · ha.yahto beצְדָקָ֔הH6666 · tse.da.qahrighteousnessלִפְנֵ֖יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeיְהוָ֥הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ סH430 · e.lo.himGod
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 6:25And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.Daniel 4:27Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.Exodus 22:26-27If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:Deuteronomy 24:15At 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.Ezekiel 18:12Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,Ephesians 4:26Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:Job 29:11-13When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me:Isaiah 58:8Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.James 2:13-23For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.Amos 2:8And 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.Job 24:7-8They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that [they have] no covering in the cold.Genesis 15:6And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.Ezekiel 18:7And hath not oppressed any, [but] hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;Psalm 106:30-31Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and [so] the plague was stayed.Psalm 112:9He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.James 1:27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the world.Deuteronomy 15:9-10Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.Job 31:16-20If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
Compare classic commentaries on Deuteronomy 24:13
Put Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Calvin, Wesley, Barnes, Jamieson–Fausset–Brown, Aquinas’ Catena and other public-domain sources beside the passage.
Compare commentaries →