Deuteronomy 24:17
15 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.
Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
18 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.
19 If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
- KJV
- Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
- WEB
- You shall not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, nor take a widow’s clothing in pledge;
- ASV
- Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to the sojourner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow`s raiment to pledge;
- DARBY
- Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, [or] of the fatherless; and thou shalt not take in pledge a widow's garment.
- BLB
- You shall not pervert justice due the sojourner or the fatherless, nor take as a pledge the garment of a widow.
- ÅB
- Du skal ikke bøye retten for en fremmed eller en farløs, og du skal ikke ta en enkes klær i pant.
- OTB
- Ikke forvri rettferdigheten som tilkommer den fremmede eller den farløse, og ikke ta en enkes kappe som pant.
- B1930
- Du skal ikke bøie retten for en fremmed eller en farløs, og du skal ikke ta en enkes klær i pant.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 16:19
Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
Read in contextExodus 23:6
You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.
Read in contextExodus 22:21–22
You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 27:19
‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Read in contextExodus 23:9
Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Read in contextMicah 7:3
Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
Read in contextJeremiah 5:28
They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 1:17
Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.”
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