Deuteronomy 24:15

Work Justice Poverty and the vulnerable Money and wealth

¹³ be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.

¹⁴ 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.

You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

¹⁶ Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.

¹⁷ Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.

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

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BSB: You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
KJV: 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.
WEB: In his day you shall give him his wages, neither shall the sun go down on it, for he is poor and sets his heart on it, lest he cry against you to the LORD, and it be sin to you.
ASV: in 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 Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee.
DARBY: on his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and his soul yearneth after it; lest he cry against thee to Jehovah, and it be a sin in thee.
BLB: Each day you shall give [him] his wage, and let the sun not go down on it—for he [is] poor, and on it he lifts up his heart—lest he cry out against you to YHWH, and it be sin in you.

ÅB: på dagen skal du gi ham hans lønn, og før solen går ned; for han er fattig og stunder etter sin lønn; ellers kunne han rope over deg til Herren, og du få synd på deg.
OTB: Betal dem deres lønn hver dag før solnedgang, for de er fattige og avhengige av det. Ellers kan de rope til Herren mot deg, og du vil være skyldig i synd.
B1930: på dagen skal du gi ham hans lønn, og før solen går ned; for han er fattig og stunder efter sin lønn; ellers kunde han rope over dig til Herren, og du få synd på dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Leviticus 19:13
You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
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Proverbs 3:27–28
Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.
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James 5:4
Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
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Jeremiah 22:13
“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,
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Deuteronomy 15:9
Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
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Job 35:9
Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
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Exodus 22:23–24
If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry.
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Job 34:28
They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.
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