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Deuteronomy 24:17–18

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17“You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, or take a widow’s garment in pledge; 18but you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this.

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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, but you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge. Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there. That is why I command you to do this.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Do not deny justice to a resident alien or fatherless child, and do not take a widow’s garment as security. Remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you from there. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.

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. Always remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God redeemed you from your slavery. That is why I have given you this command.

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. And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt and that Yahweh your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do this commandment.

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: But 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.