Deuteronomy 24:17

Easy-to-Read Version

"You must make sure that foreigners and orphans are treated fairly. And you must never take clothes from a widow as security.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Do not deny justice to a resident alien or fatherless child, and do not take a widow’s garment as security.

Hebrew Names Version
You shall not wrest the justice [due] to the sojourner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's clothing to pledge;

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

Lexham English Bible
You shall not subvert the rights of an alien or an orphan, and you shall not take as pledge the garment of a widow.

English Standard Version
"You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, or take a widow's garment in pledge,

New Century Version
Do not be unfair to a foreigner or an orphan. Don't take a widow's coat to make sure she pays you back.

New English Translation
You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow's garment as security for a loan.

Amplified Bible
"You shall not pervert the justice due a stranger or an orphan, nor seize (impound) a widow's garment as security [for a loan].

New American Standard Bible
"You shall not pervert the justice due a stranger or an orphan, nor seize a widow's garment as a pledge.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou shalt not peruert the right of the stranger, nor of the fatherlesse, nor take a widowes rayment to pledge.

Legacy Standard Bible
"You shall not pervert the justice due a sojourner or an orphan, nor take a widow's garment in pledge.

Contemporary English Version
Moses said to Israel: Make sure that orphans and foreigners are treated fairly. And if you lend money to a widow and want to keep something of hers to guarantee that she will pay you back, don't take any of her clothes.

Complete Jewish Bible
"You are not to deprive the foreigner or the orphan of the justice which is his due, and you are not to take a widow's clothing as collateral for a loan.

Darby Translation
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, [or] of the fatherless; and thou shalt not take in pledge a widow's garment.

George Lamsa Translation
You shall not pervert the justice due to the stranger, nor to the orphan; nor take a widows garment as a pledge;

Good News Translation
"Do not deprive foreigners and orphans of their rights; and do not take a widow's garment as security for a loan.

Literal Translation
You shall not pervert judgment of an alien, or of an orphan; and you shall not take a widow's garment as pledge.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou shalt not wrest the righte of the straunger and of the fatherlesse. And ye wedowes rayment shalt thou not take to pledge:

American Standard Version
Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to the sojourner, or to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge;

Bible in Basic English
Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou shalt not peruert the ryght of the strauger, nor of the fatherlesse, nor take a wydowes rayment to pledge:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thou shalt not pervert the justice due to the stranger, or to the fatherless; nor take the widow's raiment to pledge.

King James Version (1611)
Thou shalt not peruert the iudgement of the stranger, nor of the fatherles, nor take a widowes raiment to pledge.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thou shalt pay him his wages the same day, the sun shall not go down upon it, because he is poor and he trusts in it; and he shall cry against thee to the Lord, and it shall be sin in thee.

English Revised Version
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take the widow's raiment to pledge:

Berean Standard Bible
Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow's cloak as security.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou schalt not `peruerte, ethir waiwardli turne, the doom of the comelyng, and of fadirles ethir modirles; nethir thou schalt take awei in the stide of wed the cloth of a widewe.

Young's Literal Translation
`Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take in pledge the garment of a widow;

Update Bible Version
You shall not wrest the justice [due] to the fatherless sojourner, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge;

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, [nor] of the fatherless, nor take a widow's raiment for a pledge:

World English Bible
You shall not wrest the justice [due] to the sojourner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's clothing to pledge;

New King James Version
"You shall not pervert justice due the stranger or the fatherless, nor take a widow's garment as a pledge.

New Living Translation
"True justice must be given to foreigners living among you and to orphans, and you must never accept a widow's garment as security for her debt.

New Life Bible
"Do what is fair for a stranger or a child whose parents are dead. Do not take the clothing of a woman whose husband has died to make sure she will pay what she owes.

New Revised Standard
You shall not deprive a resident alien or an orphan of justice; you shall not take a widow's garment in pledge.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the sojourner or the fatherless, - neither shalt thou take in pledge the garment of a widow;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger nor of the fatherless, neither shalt thou take away the widow’s raiment for a pledge.

Revised Standard Version
"You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, or take a widow's garment in pledge;

THE MESSAGE
Make sure foreigners and orphans get their just rights. Don't take the cloak of a widow as security for a loan. Don't ever forget that you were once slaves in Egypt and God , your God, got you out of there. I command you: Do what I'm telling you.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall not pervert the justice due an alien or an orphan, nor take a widow's garment in pledge.

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ "You must not cheat a hired servant who is poor and needy. It does not matter if he is an Israelite or if he is a foreigner living in one of your cities. ¹⁵ Give him his pay every day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on the money. If you don't pay him, he will complain against you to the Lord , and you will be guilty of sin. ¹⁶ "Parents must not be put to death for something their children did. And children must not be put to death for something their parents did. People should be put to death only for a bad thing that they themselves did. ¹⁷ "You must make sure that foreigners and orphans are treated fairly. And you must never take clothes from a widow as security. ¹⁸ Remember, you were poor slaves in Egypt. And the Lord your God took you from that place and set you free. That is why I tell you to do these things for the poor. ¹⁹ "You might be gathering your harvest in the field, and you might forget and leave some grain there. You must not go back to get it. It will be for the foreigners, the orphans, and the widows. If you leave some grain for them, the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do. ²⁰ When you beat your olive trees, you must not go back to check the branches. The olives you leave will be for the foreigners, the orphans, and the widows. ²¹ When you gather the grapes from your vineyard, you must not go back to gather the grapes you left. They will be for the foreigners, the orphans, and the widows. ²² Remember you were poor slaves in Egypt. That is why I tell you to do these things for the poor.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

pervert: Deuteronomy 16:19, Deuteronomy 27:19, Exodus 22:21, Exodus 22:22, Exodus 23:2, Exodus 23:6, Exodus 23:9, 1 Samuel 12:3, 1 Samuel 12:4, Job 22:8, Job 22:9, Job 29:11-17, Psalms 82:1-5, Psalms 94:3-6, Psalms 94:20, Psalms 94:21, Proverbs 22:22, Proverbs 22:23, Proverbs 31:5, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Isaiah 1:23, Isaiah 3:15, Isaiah 33:15, Jeremiah 5:28, Jeremiah 22:3, Ezekiel 22:7, Ezekiel 22:29, Amos 5:7-12, Micah 2:1, Micah 2:2, Micah 7:3, Zechariah 7:10, Malachi 3:5, Luke 3:14, James 2:6

nor take: Exodus 22:26, Exodus 22:27

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 24:12 - General Job 24:3 - drive Jeremiah 7:6 - oppress Ezekiel 18:7 - hath restored Ezekiel 33:15 - restore 2 Peter 2:3 - make

Cross-References

Genesis 24:1
Abraham lived to be a very old man. The Lord blessed him and everything he did.

Genesis 24:6
Abraham said to him, "No, don't take my son to that place.

Genesis 24:7
The Lord , the God of heaven, brought me from my homeland to this place. That place was the home of my father and the home of my family, but he promised that this new land would belong to my family. May he send his angel before you so that you can choose a wife for my son.

Genesis 24:17
Then the servant ran to her and said, "Please give me a little water to drink from your jar."

Genesis 24:18
Rebekah quickly lowered the jar from her shoulder and gave him a drink. She said, "Drink this, sir."

Genesis 24:35
The Lord has greatly blessed my master in everything. My master has become a great man. The Lord has given him many flocks of sheep and herds of cattle. He has much silver and gold and many servants. He has many camels and donkeys.

1 Kings 17:10
So Elijah went to Zarephath. He went to the town gate and saw a woman there gathering wood for a fire. She was a widow. Elijah said to her, "Would you bring me a small cup of water to drink?"

Isaiah 21:14
They gave water to some thirsty travelers. The people of Tema gave them food.

Isaiah 30:25
Every mountain and hill will have streams filled with water. These things will happen after many people are killed and the enemy's towers are pulled down.

Isaiah 49:10
They will not be hungry or thirsty. The hot sun and wind will not hurt them. Their Comforter will lead them. He will lead them by springs of water.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, [nor] of the fatherless,.... Who are unable to defend themselves, and have but few, if any, to take their part; and therefore particular care should be taken by judges and civil magistrates to do them justice, or God will require it of them:

nor take a widow's raiment to pledge; nor anything else, as her ox or cow, Job 24:3; according to the Jewish canons r, of a widow, whether she is poor or rich, a pledge is not taken; the reason given for which is, that it would raise an ill suspicion, and cause an evil report of her among her neighbours s; and which is suggested by the Targum of Jonathan

"neither shall any of you take for a pledge the raiment of a widow, lest wicked neighbours should arise, and bring an evil report upon her, when ye return the pledge unto her.''

But no doubt a poor widow is meant, and the design of the law is mercy to her, and that she might not be distressed by taking that from her she needed.

r Misn. Bava Metzia, c. 9. sect. 13. s Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. Bava Metzia, c. 9. sect. 13.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare the marginal references. The motive assigned for these various acts of consideration is one and the same Deuteronomy 24:18, Deuteronomy 24:22.