Exodus 22:26

If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:

If thou at all {H2254} take {H2254} thy neighbour's {H7453} raiment {H8008} to pledge {H2254}, thou shalt deliver {H7725} it unto him by {H5704} that the sun {H8121} goeth down {H935}:

If you take your neighbor's coat as collateral, you are to restore it to him by sundown,

If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,

If thou at all take thy neighbor’s garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down:

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.

  • Proverbs 20:16

    ¶ Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

  • Amos 2:8

    And they lay [themselves] down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned [in] the house of their god.

  • Deuteronomy 24:6

    No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh [a man's] life to pledge.

  • Ezekiel 18:16

    Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, [but] hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,

  • Ezekiel 18:7

    And hath not oppressed any, [but] hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

  • Proverbs 22:27

    If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

  • Deuteronomy 24:10

    When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
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