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Deuteronomy 24:12

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

KJV

Sin autem pauper est, non pernoctabit apud te pignus,

Vulgate

ἐὰν δὲ ὁ ἄνθρωπος πένηται, οὐ κοιμηθήσῃ ἐν τῷ ἐνεχύρῳ·

LXX

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

ASV

וְ/אִם אִ֥ישׁ עָנִ֖י ה֑וּא לֹ֥א תִשְׁכַּ֖ב בַּ/עֲבֹטֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
וֹ
v
noun · 4×
יִּשְׁכַּ֤ב
yshkb
verb · 211×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
עָנִ֣י
'ny
adjective · 77×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Amos 2:8 — And 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.
  • Deut 24:17 — Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
  • Ezek 18:7 — And 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;
  • Prov 3:28 — Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
  • Prov 25:20 — As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.