Deuteronomy 24 · Verse 20

Deuteronomy 24:20

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.

Deuteronomy 24:20, King James Version

Deuteronomy 24:20 in other translations

BSB	When you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.
WEB	When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs again. It shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
ASV	When thou beatest thine olive-tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
YLT	‘When thou beatest thine olive, thou dost not examine the branch behind thee; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, it is.
DARBY	When thou shakest thine olive-tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
BBE	When you are shaking the fruit from your olive-trees, do not go over the branches a second time: let some be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow.
Webster	When thou beatest thy olive-tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

What does Deuteronomy 24:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 24:19-22

19-22. When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field--The grain, pulled up by the roots or cut down with a sickle, was laid in loose sheaves; the fruit of the olive was obtained by striking the branches with long poles; and the grape clusters, severed by a hook, were gathered in the hands of the vintager. Here is a beneficent provision for the poor. Every forgotten sheaf in the harvest-field was to lie; the…

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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.

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Deuteronomy 24:20 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.

כִּ֤יkiifH3588

תַחְבֹּט֙tach.Botyou will beatH2251

זֵֽיתְךָ֔zei.te.Khaolive tree yourH2132

לֹ֥אlo'notH3808

תְפָאֵ֖רte.fa.'Eryou will go over [the] boughsH6286

אַחֲרֶ֑יךָ'a.cha.Rei.khabehind youH310

לַגֵּ֛רla.Gerto the sojournerH1616

לַיָּת֥וֹםlai.ya.Tomto the fatherless oneH3490

וְלָאַלְמָנָ֖הve.la.'al.ma.Nahand to the widowH490

יִהְיֶֽה\׃\ \סyih.Yehit will belongH1961

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

Cross references for Deuteronomy 24:20

Leviticus 19:10
And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the Lord your God.

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go over the boughs again. Heb. bough it after thee.
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Context

Deuteronomy 24:19
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.
Deuteronomy 24:20
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.
Deuteronomy 24:21
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.

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Deuteronomy 24:20 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Cuando sacudieres tus olivas, no recorrerás las ramas tras ti: para el extranjero, para el huérfano, y para la viuda será.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Quand tu battras ton olivier, tu ne reviendras pas cueillir ce qui reste aux branches après toi; ce sera pour l’étranger, pour l’orphelin, et pour la veuve.
German Elberfelder 1871	Wenn du deine Oliven abschlägst, so sollst du nicht hinterdrein die Zweige absuchen: für den Fremdling, für die Waise und für die Witwe soll es sein.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Si fruges collegeris olivarum, quidquid remanserit in arboribus, non reverteris ut colligas: sed relinques advenæ, pupillo, ac viduæ.