Parallel Verses

World English Bible

If he be a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge;

New American Standard Bible

If he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

If he is a poor man, you must not sleep in the garment he has given as security.

International Standard Version

If he is a poor man, don't go to sleep with his collateral in your possession.

A Conservative Version

And if he is a poor man, thou shall not sleep with his pledge.

American Standard Version

And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge;

Amplified

If the man is poor, you shall not keep his pledge overnight.

Bible in Basic English

If he is a poor man, do not keep his property all night;

Darby Translation

And if the man be needy, thou shalt not lie down with his pledge;

Julia Smith Translation

And if the man be poor, he shall not sleep with his pledge.

King James 2000

And if the man be poor, you shall not sleep with his pledge:

Lexham Expanded Bible

And if [he is] a needy man, you shall not sleep in his pledge.

Modern King James verseion

And if the man is poor, you shall not sleep with his pledge.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Furthermore, if it be a poor body, go not to sleep with his pledge:

NET Bible

If the person is poor you may not use what he gives you as security for a covering.

New Heart English Bible

If he be a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge;

The Emphasized Bible

And, if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep in his pledge:

Webster

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

Youngs Literal Translation

'And if he is a poor man, thou dost not lie down with his pledge;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And if the man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

be poor
עני 
`aniy 
Usage: 75

thou shalt not sleep
שׁכב 
Shakab 
Usage: 210

References

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Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Verse Info

Context Readings

Consideration For People In Need

11 You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you do lend shall bring forth the pledge outside to you. 12 If he be a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge; 13 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.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 24:17

You shall not wrest the justice [due] to the foreigner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's clothing to pledge;

Job 22:6

For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

Job 24:3

They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, and they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

Job 24:9

There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,

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