Deuteronomy 24:17
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
Deuteronomy 24:17 in other translations
| BSB | Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security. |
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| WEB | You shall not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, nor take a widow’s clothing in pledge; |
| ASV | Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to the sojourner, or to the fatherless, nor take the widow’s raiment to pledge; |
| YLT | ‘Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take in pledge the garment of a widow; |
| DARBY | Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, or of the fatherless; and thou shalt not take in pledge a widow's garment. |
| BBE | 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: |
| Webster | Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless, nor take a widow's raiment for a pledge: |
What does Deuteronomy 24:17 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 24:16-18
16-18. The fathers shall not be put to death for the children--The rule was addressed for the guidance of magistrates, and it established the equitable principle that none should be responsible for the crimes of others.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 24:14-22
It is not hard to prove that purity, piety, justice, mercy, fair conduct, kindness to the poor and destitute, consideration for them, and generosity of spirit, are pleasing to God, and becoming in his redeemed people. The difficulty is to attend to them in our daily walk and conversation.
Deuteronomy 24:17 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 24:17
- Deuteronomy 16:19
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
- Exodus 23:6
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
- Exodus 22:21-22
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
- Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Exodus 23:9
Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
- Micah 7:3
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
- Jeremiah 5:28
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
- Deuteronomy 1:17
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
- Exodus 23:2
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
- Isaiah 1:23
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
- Job 29:11-17
When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. …
- Ezekiel 22:29
The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
16:19; 27:19; Ex 22:21,22; 23:2,6,9; 1Sa 12:3,4; Job 22:8,9
Job 29:11-17; Ps 82:1-5; 94:3-6,20,21; Pr 22:22,23; 31:5; Ec 5:8
Isa 1:23; 3:15; 33:15; Jer 5:28; 22:3; Eze 22:7,29; Am 5:7-12
Mic 2:1,2; 7:3; Zec 7:10; Mal 3:5; Lu 3:14; Jas 2:6
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Ex 22:26,27
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Context
- Deuteronomy 24:16
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.
- Deuteronomy 24:17
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
- Deuteronomy 24:18
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.
Deuteronomy 24:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No torcerás el derecho del peregrino y del huérfano; ni tomarás por prenda la ropa de la viuda: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Tu ne feras pas fléchir le jugement de l’étranger ni de l’orphelin, et tu ne prendras pas en gage le vêtement de la veuve. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Du sollst das Recht eines Fremdlings und einer Waise nicht beugen; und das Kleid einer Witwe sollst du nicht pfänden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Non pervertes judicium advenæ et pupilli, nec auferes pignoris loco viduæ vestimentum. |