Deuteronomy 24:17
“Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Deuteronomy 24:17 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to the sojourner, or to the fatherless, nor take the widow’s raiment to pledge;
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Du sollst das Recht eines Fremdlings und einer Waise nicht beugen; und das Kleid einer Witwe sollst du nicht pfänden.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
No torcerás el derecho del peregrino y del huérfano; ni tomarás por prenda la ropa de la viuda:
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Não distorcerás o direito do peregrino e do órfão; nem tomarás por penhor a roupa da viúva:
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Não perverterás a justiça que é devida ao estrangeiro ou ao órfão, nem tomarás a capa da viúva como um penhor.
📖 Deuteronomy 24:17 in Context
15At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee.
16The 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.
17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
18But 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.
19When 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.
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