Deuteronomy 24:13 (KJV)

Words Then and Now

raiment clothing Webster’s 1828 · Raiment

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Thou and Ye

thou, thee, thy one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

Of new-married persons, Of man-stealers, Of pledgesIt is of great consequence that love be kept up between husband and wife; that they carefully avoid every thing which might make them strange one to another....

Parallel Passages

Job 29:11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

Deuteronomy 6:25 And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.
Daniel 4:27 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
Exodus 22:26–27 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: …
Deuteronomy 24:15 At 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 the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
Psalms 112:9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
Genesis 15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Deuteronomy 15:9–10 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee. …
Job 24:7–8 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. …
Job 29:11–13 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: …
Job 31:16–20 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; …
Psalms 106:30–31 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed. …
Isaiah 58:8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
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;
Ezekiel 18:12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
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 33:15 If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
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.
2 Corinthians 9:13–14 Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men; …
Ephesians 4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
2 Timothy 1:16–18 The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: …
James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
James 2:13–23 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. …

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Topics

Creditor Laws concerning Creditor
Debt Security for Debt
Lending General scriptures concerning Lending
Pawn General scriptures concerning Pawn
Pledge A creditor must not enter the house of a debtor to take
Poor Duty to Poor
Surety (guarantee) General scriptures concerning Surety
Works Unclassified scriptures relating to Works

Timeline

Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness

Bible Dictionary

LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...

Hebrew and Strong’s

In any case הָשֵׁב hāšēb שׁוּב Verb · hiphil infinitive absolute
thou shalt deliver תָּשִׁיב tāšîb שׁוּב Verb · hiphil imperfect, second person masculine singular
him the pledge לוֹ lô Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular אֶת ʾet Object marker הַעֲבוֹט haʿăbôṭ עֲבוֹט Noun · masculine singular · with the
again שׁוּב shûwb
when the sun הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ haššemeš שֶׁמֶשׁ Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the
goeth down כְּבֹא kĕbōʾ בּוֹא Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition
that he may sleep וְשָׁכַב wĕšākab שָׁכַב Verb · qal sequential perfect, third person masculine singular · with and
in his own raiment בְּשַׂלְמָתוֹ bĕśalmātô שַׂלְמָה Noun · feminine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: third person masculine singular
and bless וּבֵרֲכֶךָּ ûbērăkekkā בָרַךְ Verb · piel sequential perfect, third person masculine singular · with and, suffix: second person masculine singular
thee: and it shall be righteousness וּלְךָ ûlĕkā Preposition · with and, suffix: second person masculine singular תִּהְיֶה tihyê Verb · qal imperfect, third person feminine singular צְדָקָה ṣĕdāqâ צְדָקָה Noun · feminine singular
unto thee before לִפְנֵי lipnê פָּנִים Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with preposition
the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
thy God אֱלֹהֶיךָ ʾĕlōhêkā אֱלֹהִים Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: second person masculine singular

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