17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger nor of the fatherless, neither shalt thou take away the widow's raiment for a pledge.


In Context

14 Thou shalt not refuse the hire of the needy, and the poor, whether he be thy brother, or a stranger that dwelleth with thee in the land, and is within thy gates:

15 But thou shalt pay him the price of his labour the same day, before the going down of the sun, because he is poor, and with it maintaineth his life: lest he cry against thee to the Lord, and it be reputed to thee for a sin.

16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children for the fathers, but every one shall die for his own sin.

17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger nor of the fatherless, neither shalt thou take away the widow's raiment for a pledge.

18 Remember that thou wast a slave in Egypt, and the Lord thy God delivered thee from thence. Therefore I command thee to do this thing.

19 When thou hast reaped the corn in thy field, and hast forgot and left a sheaf, thou shalt not return to take it away: but thou shalt suffer the stranger, and the fatherless and the widow to tabs it away: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works of thy hands.

Deuteronomy 24:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, [nor] of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:17Do not deprive the alien or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:17Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to the sojourner, or to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, or of the fatherless; and thou shalt not take in pledge a widow's garment.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:17Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take the widow's raiment to pledge:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless, nor take a widow's raiment for a pledge:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:17You shall not wrest the justice [due] to the foreigner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's clothing to pledge;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:17'Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take in pledge the garment of a widow;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:17You shall not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge: