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Deuteronomy 24:17

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17“aYou shall not pervert the justice 1due an alien or 2an orphan, nor btake a widow’s garment in pledge.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit of
  2. 2Or the fatherless

Cross references

  1. aEx 23:9; Lev 19:33; Deut 1:17; 10:17; 16:19; 27:19
  2. bEx 22:22

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, or take a widow’s garment in pledge,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Do not deny justice to a resident alien or fatherless child, and do not take a widow’s garment as security.

NLTNew Living Translation

“True justice must be given to foreigners living among you and to orphans, and you must never accept a widow’s garment as security for her debt.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

You shall not subvert the rights of an alien or an orphan, and you shall not take as pledge the garment of a widow.

KJV 1900King James Version

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