Exodus 22:26
What does Exodus 22:26 mean?
A plain-English look at Exodus 22:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000If thou at all take thy neighbor’s garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down:
KJV
King James Version · 1611If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901If thou at all take thy neighbor’s garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949If ever you take your neighbour's clothing in exchange for the use of your money, let him have it back before the sun goes down:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862if thou dost at all take in pledge the garment of thy neighbour, during the going in of the sun thou dost return it to him:
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752If thou take of thy neighbour a garment in pledge, thou shalt give it him again before sunset.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890— If thou at all take thy neighbour's garment in pledge, thou shalt return it to him before the sun goes down;
Context
v.25If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest.
v.26This passage
v.27for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 22:6
For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
- Proverbs 20:16
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for foreigners.
- Proverbs 22:27
If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
- Deuteronomy 24:10
When thou dost lend thy neighbor any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
- Ezekiel 18:7
and hath not wronged any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath taken nought by robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
- Deuteronomy 24:17
Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to the sojourner, or to the fatherless, nor take the widow’s raiment to pledge;
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