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the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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King James Version

Deuteronomy 24:17

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Aliens;   Creditor;   Injustice;   Lending;   Orphan;   Pawn;   Poor;   Strangers;   Widow;   Thompson Chain Reference - Fatherless;   Injustice;   Justice-Injustice;   Orphans;   Social Duties;   Widow and Fatherless;   The Topic Concordance - Israel/jews;   Judges;   Redemption;   Strangers;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Fatherless;   Injustice;   Strangers in Israel;   Widows;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Loans;   Poor;   Stranger;   Widow;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Orphan;   Widow;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Abortion;   Amos, Theology of;   Justice;   Widow;   Work;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Loan;   Stranger;   Widows;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Loan;   Proselytes;   Stranger;   Widow;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Alien;   Fatherless;   Hospitality;   Poor, Orphan, Widow;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Dress;   Ethics;   Leviticus;   Poverty;   Stranger;   Widow;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Debt, Debtor (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Pledge;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Stranger;   Testament;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Fatherless;   Law in the Old Testament;   Pledge;   Poor;   Stranger and Sojourner (in the Old Testament);   Widow;   Wrest;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Commandments, the 613;   Gentile;   Simeon ben Yoḥai;   Widow;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
"You shall not pervert the justice due a sojourner or an orphan, nor take a widow's garment in pledge.
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou shalt not peruert the ryght of the strauger, nor of the fatherlesse, nor take a wydowes rayment to pledge:
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.
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.
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;
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;
King James Version (1611)
Thou shalt not peruert the iudgement of the stranger, nor of the fatherles, nor take a widowes raiment to 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:
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.
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:
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:
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.
New King James Version
"You shall not pervert justice due the stranger or the fatherless, nor take a widow's garment as a 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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou shalt not peruert the right of the stranger, nor of the fatherlesse, nor take a widowes rayment to pledge.
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.
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].
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;
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 American Standard Bible
"You shall not pervert the justice due a stranger or an orphan, nor seize a widow's garment as a 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.
Christian Standard Bible®
Do not deny justice to a foreigner or fatherless child, and do not take a widow's garment 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;

Contextual Overview

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: 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. 17 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. 20 When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 22 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

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
And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.
Genesis 24:6
And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
Genesis 24:7
The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
Genesis 24:17
And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
Genesis 24:18
And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
Genesis 24:35
And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
1 Kings 17:10
So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
Isaiah 21:14
The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
Isaiah 30:25
And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
Isaiah 49:10
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

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.


 
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