King James Version
Deuteronomy 24:11 in the King James Version says “Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.”
Deuteronomy 24:11 · KJV
Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt.
When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. lend: Heb. lend the loan of any thing to, etc
Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.
And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Thou shalt stand”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
“and the man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“to whom thou dost lend”
H5383to lend or (by reciprocity) borrow on security or interest
“shall bring out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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