Deuteronomy 24:17 “Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not tak…”

Deuteronomy 24:17

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou shalt not peruert the right of the stranger, nor of the fatherlesse, nor take a widowes rayment to pledge.

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.

Young's Literal Translation

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

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:

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Cross references

“pervert”

Deuteronomy 16:19 Deuteronomy 27:19 Exodus 23:6 Exodus 23:2 Exodus 23:9 Job 29:11–17

Deuteronomy 16:19 · BSB

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.

Deuteronomy 27:19 · BSB

‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

Exodus 23:6 · BSB

You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.

Exodus 23:2 · BSB

You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.

Exodus 23:9 · BSB

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.

Job 29:11–17 · BSB

For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,

“nor take”

Exodus 22:26 Exodus 22:27

Exodus 22:26 · BSB

If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,

Exodus 22:27 · BSB

because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.

Also

Deuteronomy 1:17 Deuteronomy 24:13 Deuteronomy 10:17–18 Deuteronomy 24:6

Deuteronomy 1:17 · BSB

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.”

Deuteronomy 24:13 · BSB

be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 10:17–18 · BSB

For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.

Deuteronomy 24:6 · BSB

Do not take a pair of millstones or even an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one’s livelihood as security.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.

18Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.

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