THEOSISProverbs 22:27Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
For if thou have not wherewith to restore, what cause is there that he should take the covering from thy bed?
אִם־אֵֽין־לְךָ֥ לְשַׁלֵּ֑ם לָ֥מָּה יִקַּ֥ח מִ֝שְׁכָּבְךָ֗ מִתַּחְתֶּֽיךָ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 20:16Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers.
- Ex 22:26If thou take of thy neighbour a garment in pledge, thou shalt give it him again before sunset.
- Ex 22:27For that same is the only thing, wherewith he is covered, the clothing of his body, neither hath he any other to sleep in: if he cry to me, I will hear him, because I am compassionate.