Deuteronomy 24:17

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Deuteronomy 24:17

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

You shall not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, nor take a widow’s clothing in pledge;

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ASV

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;

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Deuteronomy 24

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.

¹⁷ 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.

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