Albert Barnes Commentary Proverbs 22:27

Albert Barnes Commentary

Proverbs 22:27

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Proverbs 22:27

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?" — Proverbs 22:27 (ASV)

He - that is, the man to whom the surety has been given. The practice of seizing property for payment of a debt seems, though prohibited (Exodus 22:27), to have become common.