13 Return their cloak by sunset(A) so that your neighbor may sleep in it.(B) Then they will thank you, and it will be regarded as a righteous act in the sight of the Lord your God.(C)

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13 (A)You shall in any case return the pledge to him again when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his own garment and (B)bless you; and (C)it shall be righteousness to you before the Lord your God.

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13 (A)You shall restore to him the pledge as the sun sets, that he may sleep in his cloak and (B)bless you. And (C)it shall be righteousness for you before the Lord your God.

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17 Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless(A) of justice,(B) or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge.

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17 (A)“You shall not pervert justice due the stranger or the fatherless, (B)nor take a widow’s garment as a pledge.

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17 (A)“You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, (B)or take a widow's garment in pledge,

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You demanded security(A) from your relatives for no reason;(B)
    you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them naked.(C)

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For you have (A)taken pledges from your brother for no reason,
And stripped the naked of their clothing.

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For you have (A)exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing
    (B)and stripped the naked of their clothing.

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Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked;
    they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.(A)

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They (A)spend the night naked, without clothing,
And have no covering in the cold.

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They (A)lie all night naked, without clothing,
    and have no covering in the cold.

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11 Whoever heard me spoke well of me,
    and those who saw me commended me,(A)

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11 When the ear heard, then it blessed me,
And when the eye saw, then it approved me;

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11 When the ear heard, it called me blessed,
    and when the eye saw, it approved,

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19 if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing,(A)
    or the needy(B) without garments,
20 and their hearts did not bless me(C)
    for warming them with the fleece(D) from my sheep,

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19 If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing,
Or any poor man without covering;
20 If his [a]heart has not (A)blessed me,
And if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:20 Lit. loins

19 if I have seen anyone (A)perish for (B)lack of clothing,
    or the needy without (C)covering,
20 if his body has not (D)blessed me,[a]
    and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,

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  1. Job 31:20 Hebrew if his loins have not blessed me

12 He oppresses the poor(A) and needy.
He commits robbery.
He does not return what he took in pledge.(B)
He looks to the idols.
He does detestable things.(C)

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12 If he has oppressed the poor and needy,
Robbed by violence,
Not restored the pledge,
Lifted his eyes to the idols,
Or (A)committed abomination;

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12 oppresses the poor and needy, (A)commits robbery, (B)does not restore the pledge, (C)lifts up his eyes to the idols, (D)commits abomination,

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16 He does not oppress anyone
    or require a pledge for a loan.
He does not commit robbery
    but gives his food to the hungry(A)
    and provides clothing for the naked.(B)

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16 Has not oppressed anyone,
Nor withheld a pledge,
Nor robbed by violence,
But has given his bread to the hungry
And covered the naked with clothing;

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16 does not oppress anyone, (A)exacts no pledge, (B)commits no robbery, (C)but gives his bread to the hungry (D)and covers the naked with a garment,

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