Deuteronomy 24:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Deut 24:17 : 17 Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to the sojourner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge;
Job 22:6 : 6 For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
Job 24:3 : 3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Job 24:9 : 9 There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Deut 24:13-15
3 verses
90%
13thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before Jehovah thy God.
14Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates:
15in his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee.
Deut 24:10-11
2 verses
87%
10When thou dost lend thy neighbor any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
11Thou shalt stand without, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring forth the pledge without unto thee.
Exod 22:25-27
3 verses
85%
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.
26If thou at all take thy neighbor's garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down:
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.
Prov 22:26-27
2 verses
80%
26Be thou not one of them that strike hands, [Or] of them that are sureties for debts.
27If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Deut 24:17
79%
17Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to the sojourner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge;
Deut 24:6
78%
6No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh [a man's] life to pledge.
Prov 27:13
77%
13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for a foreign woman.
Job 22:6-7
2 verses
77%
6For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
Prov 20:16
75%
16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for foreigners.
Lev 25:35-37
3 verses
75%
35And if thy brother be waxed poor, and his hand fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: [as] a stranger and a sojourner shall he live with thee.
36Take thou no interest of him or increase, but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
37Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase.
Exod 23:6
74%
6Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to thy poor in his cause.
Ezek 18:7
74%
7and 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;
Exod 22:14-15
2 verses
74%
14And if a man borrow aught of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.
15If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be a hired thing, it came for its hire.
Deut 15:7-11
5 verses
74%
7If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother;
8but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need [in that] which he wanteth.
9Beware that there be not a base thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou give him nought; and he cry unto Jehovah against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
10Thou shalt surely give him, and thy heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him; because that for this thing Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy work, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto.
11For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.
Lev 19:13
73%
13Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor, nor rob him: the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
Prov 19:17
73%
17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.
Exod 22:10-12
3 verses
73%
10If a man deliver unto his neighbor an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
11the oath of Jehovah shall be between them both, whether he hath not put his hand unto his neighbor's goods; and the owner thereof shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.
12But if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.
Exod 23:3
73%
3neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause.
Ezek 18:16
72%
16neither hath wronged any, hath not taken aught to pledge, neither hath taken by robbery, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
Deut 23:19-20
2 verses
72%
19Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother; interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of anything that is lent upon interest:
20unto a foreigner thou mayest lend upon interest; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon interest, that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all that thou puttest thy hand unto, in the land whither thou goest in to possess it.
Lev 25:39
72%
39And if thy brother be waxed poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bond-servant.
Exod 22:3
71%
3If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him; he shall make restitution: if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
Prov 22:22
71%
22Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Exod 22:7
71%
7If a man shall deliver unto his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, he shall pay double.
Lev 25:26
71%
26And if a man have no one to redeem it, and he be waxed rich and find sufficient to redeem it;
Job 24:9
71%
9There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;
Deut 14:27
71%
27And the Levite that is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee.
Job 24:3
71%
3They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Deut 15:2-3
2 verses
71%
2And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release that which he hath lent unto his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother; because Jehovah's release hath been proclaimed.
3Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it: but whatsoever of thine is with thy brother thy hand shall release.
Ezek 18:12
71%
12hath wronged the poor and needy, hath taken by robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
Lev 25:14
71%
14And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not wrong one another.
Lev 25:28
70%
28But if he be not able to get it back for himself, then that which he hath sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubilee: and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.