If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?
If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?
If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
If you have nothing with which to make payment, he will take away your bed from under you.
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
If you don't have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?
If thou hast not wherewith to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
If thou hast nothing to pay - Should any man give security for more than he is worth? If he does, is it not a fraud on the very face of the transaction?
Why should he take away thy bed from under thee? - The creditor will not pursue the debtor whom he knows to be worth nothing; but he will sue the bail or bondsman. And why shouldst thou put thyself in such circumstances as to expose thyself to the loss even of thy bed?
He - i. e., The man to whom the surety has been given. The practice of distraining for payment of a debt, seems, though prohibited Exodus 22:27, to have become common.