Deuteronomy 24:15

Work Justice Poverty and the vulnerable Money and wealth

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.

¹⁴ 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:

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.

¹⁷ Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:

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

Compare

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
Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
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Proverbs 3:27–28
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
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James 5:4
Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
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Jeremiah 22:13
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
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Deuteronomy 15:9
Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
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Job 35:9
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
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Exodus 22:23–24
If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
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Job 34:28
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
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