12If the man is poor, do not go to sleep with his pledge in your possession.


In Context

9 Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam along the way after you came out of Egypt.

10 When you make a loan of any kind to your neighbor, do not go into his house to get what he is offering as a pledge.

11 Stay outside and let the man to whom you are making the loan bring the pledge out to you.

12 If the man is poor, do not go to sleep with his pledge in your possession.

13 Return his cloak to him by sunset so that he may sleep in it. Then he will thank you, and it will be regarded as a righteous act in the sight of the Lord your God.

14 Do not take advantage of a hired man who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother Israelite or an alien living in one of your towns.

Deuteronomy 24:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:12And if the man [be] poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:12But if he be poor, the pledge shall not lodge with thee that night,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:12And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:12And if the man be needy, thou shalt not lie down with his pledge;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:12And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:12And if the man is poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:12If he be a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:12'And if he is a poor man, thou dost not lie down with his pledge;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:12And if the man be poor, you shall not sleep with his pledge: