Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:19 in other translations
| BSB | ‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ |
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| WEB | ‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ |
| ASV | Cursed be he that wresteth the justice due to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. |
| YLT | ‘Cursed is he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, --and all the people have said, Amen. |
| DARBY | Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow! And all the people shall say, Amen. |
| BBE | Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it. |
| Webster | Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow: and all the people shall say, Amen. |
What does Deuteronomy 27:19 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 27:11-26
The six tribes appointed for blessing, were all children of the free women, for to such the promise belongs, Ga 4:31. Levi is here among the rest. Ministers should apply to themselves the blessing and curse they preach to others, and by faith set their own Amen to it. And they must not only allure people to their duty with the promises of a blessing, but awe them with the threatenings of a curse, by declaring that a…
Deuteronomy 27:19 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 27:19
- Deuteronomy 10:18
He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
- Deuteronomy 24:17
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
- Exodus 22:21-24
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. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
- Psalms 82:2-4
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
- 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:
- Proverbs 17:23
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
- Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.
- Proverbs 31:5
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
- Exodus 23:8-9
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. 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 3:9
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
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Context
- Deuteronomy 27:18
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:20
Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:19 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Maldito el que torciere el derecho del extranjero, del huérfano, y de la viuda. Y dirá todo el pueblo: Amén. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Maudit qui fait fléchir le jugement de l’étranger, de l’orphelin, et de la veuve! Et tout le peuple dira: Amen! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Verflucht sei, wer das Recht des Fremdlings, der Waise und der Witwe beugt! und das ganze Volk sage: Amen! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Maledictus qui pervertit judicium advenæ, pupilli et viduæ: et dicet omnis populus: Amen. |