And if the man [be] poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
If he is poor, you are not to go to bed with what he gave as collateral in your possession;
If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;
And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge;
Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.
-
Deuteronomy 24:17
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, [nor] of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge: -
Job 24:9
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor. -
Job 24:3
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. -
Job 22:6
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.