Deuteronomy 24:10-15

English Standard Version

¹⁰“When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not go into his house to collect his pledge. ¹¹You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the pledge out to you. ¹²And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep in his pledge. ¹³^(A)You shall restore to him the pledge as the sun sets, that he may sleep in his cloak and ^(B)bless you. And ^(C)it shall be righteousness for you before the Lord your God.

¹⁴“You shall not ^(D)oppress a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the sojourners who are in your land within your towns. ¹⁵^(E)You shall give him his wages on the same day, before the sun sets (for he is poor and counts on it), ^(F)lest he cry against you to the Lord, and you be guilty of sin.

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Deuteronomy 24:10-15

International Standard Version

Respecting the Poor

¹⁰“When you loan something to your neighbor, don’t enter his house to seize what he offered as collateral. ¹¹Stay outside and let the man to whom you made the loan bring it^[a] out to you. ¹²If he is a poor man, don’t go to sleep with his collateral in your possession.^[b] ¹³Be sure to return his garment^[c] to him at sunset so that he may sleep with it, and he will bless you. It will be a righteous deed in the presence of the Lord your God. ¹⁴Don’t take advantage of a hired person who is poor and needy, whether he’s your fellow citizen or a foreigner who lives in your city. ¹⁵Pay his wages that same day before the sun sets, because he is poor and his livelihood^[d] depends on it. Otherwise, he may cry out to the Lord against you, and you will incur guilt.”

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Footnotes

Deuteronomy 24:11 Lit. the collateral
Deuteronomy 24:12 The Heb. lacks in your possession
Deuteronomy 24:13 Lit. collateral
Deuteronomy 24:15 Lit. life

Deuteronomy 24:10-15

New International Version

¹⁰When you make a loan of any kind to your neighbor, do not go into their house to get what is offered to you as a pledge.^(A) ¹¹Stay outside and let the neighbor to whom you are making the loan bring the pledge out to you. ¹²If the neighbor is poor, do not go to sleep with their pledge^(B) in your possession. ¹³Return their cloak by sunset^(C) so that your neighbor may sleep in it.^(D) Then they will thank you, and it will be regarded as a righteous act in the sight of the Lord your God.^(E)

¹⁴Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.^(F) ¹⁵Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor^(G) and are counting on it.^(H) Otherwise they may cry to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin.^(I)