Deuteronomy 24:14

Work Poverty and the vulnerable Justice The stranger and outcast

¹² And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:

¹³ 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.

Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:

¹⁵ At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.

¹⁶ The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
KJV: Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
WEB: You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the foreigners who are in your land within your gates.
ASV: Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates:
DARBY: Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant [who is] poor and needy of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners who are in thy land within thy gates:
BLB: You shall not oppress a hireling [who is] poor and needy, one of your brothers or one of the foreigners who [is] in your land within your gates.

ÅB: Du skal ikke gjøre urett mot en nødlidende og fattig dagarbeider, enten han er en av dine brødre eller en av de fremmede som bor i ditt land, rundt om i dine byer;
OTB: Ikke utnytt en leid arbeider som er fattig og trengende, enten de er en medisraelitt eller en fremmed som bor i dine byer.
B1930: Du skal ikke gjøre urett mot en nødlidende og fattig dagarbeider, enten han er en av dine brødre eller en av de fremmede som bor i ditt land, rundt om i dine byer;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
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Proverbs 14:31
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
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Proverbs 22:16
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
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Job 24:10–11
They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
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Amos 4:1
Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
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Job 31:13–15
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
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Deuteronomy 15:12–18
And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
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Leviticus 25:35–43
And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
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