Deuteronomy 24:10-15
Modern English Version
10 When you do lend your brother anything, you may not go into his house to take his pledge. 11 You must stand outside, and the man to whom you lend must bring the pledge outside to you. 12 If the man is poor, you may not sleep with his pledge. 13 In any case, you must return the pledge to him when the sun goes down, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and it will be righteousness to you before the Lord your God.
14 You may not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of your foreigners who are in your land within your towns. 15 You must give him his wages on that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor, and sets his heart on it, lest he cry against you to the Lord, and it be a sin to you.
Read full chapter
Deuteronomy 24:10-15
Lexham English Bible
10 “When you make a loan to your neighbor, a loan of any kind, you shall not go into his house to take his pledge.[a] 11 You shall wait outside, and the man to whom you are lending, he shall bring the pledge outside to you. 12 And if he is a needy man, you shall not sleep in his pledge.[b] 13 You shall certainly return the pledge to him as the sun sets,[c] so that he may sleep in his cloak and may bless you, and it shall be considered righteousness on your behalf[d] before[e] Yahweh your God.
14 “You shall not exploit a hired worker, who is needy and poor, from among your fellow men or from among your aliens[f] who are in your land and in your towns.[g] 15 On his day you shall give his wage, and the sun shall not go down,[h] because he is poor and his life depends on it;[i] do this so that he does not cry out against you to Yahweh, and you incur guilt.[j]
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Deuteronomy 24:10 Literally “to pledge with respect to his pledge”
- Deuteronomy 24:12 “His pledge” refers to “a garment given as pledge”
- Deuteronomy 24:13 Literally “as/at the moment of the going out of the sun”
- Deuteronomy 24:13 Literally “to you”
- Deuteronomy 24:13 Literally “to the face of”
- Deuteronomy 24:14 Hebrew “alien”
- Deuteronomy 24:14 Literally “gates”
- Deuteronomy 24:15 Literally “over him”
- Deuteronomy 24:15 Literally “and to him it is a lifting up with respect to his life/soul”
- Deuteronomy 24:15 Literally “and it becomes against you as sin
The Holy Bible, Modern English Version. Copyright © 2014 by Military Bible Association. Published and distributed by Charisma House.
2012 by Logos Bible Software. Lexham is a registered trademark of Logos Bible Software