Deuteronomy 10 · Verse 18

Deuteronomy 10:18

He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
Deuteronomy 10:18, King James Version

Deuteronomy 10:18 in other translations

BSBHe executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
WEBHe executes justice for the fatherless and widow and loves the foreigner in giving him food and clothing.
ASVHe doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the sojourner, in giving him food and raiment.
YLTHe is doing the judgment of fatherless and widow, and loving the sojourner, to give to him bread and raiment.
DARBYwho executeth the judgment of the fatherless and the widow, and loveth the stranger, to give him food and clothing.
BBEJudging uprightly in the cause of the widow and of the child who has no father, and giving food and clothing in his mercy to the man from a strange country.
WebsterHe executeth the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

What does Deuteronomy 10:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 10:10-22

10-22. Moses here resumes his address, and having made a passing allusion to the principal events in their history, concludes by exhorting them to fear the Lord and serve Him faithfully.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 10:12-22

We are here taught our duty to God in our principles and our practices. We must fear the Lord our God. We must love him, and delight in communion with him. We must walk in the ways in which he has appointed us to walk. We must serve him with all our heart and soul. What we do in his service we must do cheerfully, and with good will. We must keep his commandments. There is true honour and pleasure in obedience. We…

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Deuteronomy 10:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עֹשֶׂ֛ה'o.Seh[he is] bringing aboutH6213
מִשְׁפַּ֥טmish.Patjudgment ofH4941
יָת֖וֹםya.Toma fatherless oneH3490
וְאַלְמָנָ֑הve.'al.ma.Nahand a widowH490
וְאֹהֵ֣בve.'o.Hevand [he is] lovingH157
גֵּ֔רGera sojournerH1616
לָ֥תֶתLa.tetto giveH5414
ל֖וֹloto <the> him
לֶ֥חֶםLe.chemfoodH3899
וְשִׂמְלָֽה\׃ve.sim.Lahand clothingH8071

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 10:18

  • Psalms 146:9

    The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

  • Psalms 68:5

    A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

  • Jeremiah 49:11

    Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

  • Isaiah 1:17

    Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

  • Psalms 145:9

    The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

  • Psalms 103:6

    The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

  • Exodus 22:22

    Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

  • Matthew 5:45

    That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

  • Hosea 14:3

    Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

  • Acts 14:17

    Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
doth.
Ps 68:5; 103:6; 146:9; Isa 1:17; Jer 49:11; Ho 14:3
loveth.
Ps 145:9; Mt 5:45; Ac 14:17

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 10:17

    For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:

  • Deuteronomy 10:18

    He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

  • Deuteronomy 10:19

    Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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Deuteronomy 10:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Que hace justicia al huérfano y á la viuda; que ama también al extranjero dándole pan y vestido.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
qui fait droit à l’orphelin et à la veuve, et qui aime l’étranger pour lui donner le pain et le vêtement.
German
Elberfelder 1871
der Recht schafft der Waise und der Witwe, und den Fremdling liebt, so daß er ihm Brot und Kleider gibt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Facit judicium pupillo et viduæ; amat peregrinum, et dat ei victum atque vestitum.