Deuteronomy 24:17

Justice The stranger and outcast Poverty and the vulnerable

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.

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

¹⁸ But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

¹⁹ When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine 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
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
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Exodus 23:6
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
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Exodus 22:21–22
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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Exodus 23:9
Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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Micah 7:3
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
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Jeremiah 5:28
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
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Deuteronomy 1:17
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
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