Deuteronomy 24:12 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

`And if he is a poor man, thou dost not lie down with his pledge;

English ASV

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

English Amplified

And if the man is poor, you shall not keep his pledge overnight.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And if the man is poor, you shall not keep his pledge overnight.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

If he is a poor man, do not sleep with the garment he has given as security.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And if the man be needy, thou shalt not lie down with his pledge;

English EASY 2024

If the person is poor, do not take his coat and keep it with you all night.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

If he is a poor man, {then he might give the clothes that keep him warm}. You must not keep that security overnight.

And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep in his pledge.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

If he is poor, do not keep it overnight;

English God's Word - GW 1995

If the person is poor, don't keep the coat you took as a deposit overnight.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

If he is a poor man, you must not sleep in [the garment] he has given as security.

English KJV 1611

And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:

English LSB

Now if he is an afflicted man, you shall not sleep with his deposit.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

If the man is poor, you may not sleep with his pledge.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"If he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

If he is a poor man, you shall not sleep in the mantle he gives as a pledge,

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

If the person is poor you may not use what he gives you as security for a covering.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

He might be poor. You might be given his coat to keep until you get paid back. Don't go to sleep while you still have it.

English NIV

If the man is poor, do not go to sleep with his pledge in your possession.

English NKJ 1982

And if the man is poor, you shall not keep his pledge overnight.

English NLT

If your neighbor is poor and has only a cloak to give as security, do not keep the cloak overnight.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

If the person is poor, you shall not sleep in the garment given you as the pledge.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep in his pledge;

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

If the man is poor and gives you his cloak as security, you are not to sleep in it.

English Tyndale 1537

Furthermore if it be a poor body, go not to sleep with his pledge:

Deuteronomy 24:12 — Compare Translations