Deuteronomy 24:17
Deuteronomy chapter 24 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to the sojourner, or to the fatherless, nor take the widow’s raiment to pledge;
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to the sojourner, or to the fatherless, nor take the widow’s raiment to pledge;
Context
v.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.
v.17This passage
v.18but thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and Jehovah thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 22:8
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.
- Deuteronomy 24:6
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.
- Isaiah 3:15
what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
- James 2:6
But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?
- 1 Samuel 12:3
Here I am: witness against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
- Micah 7:3
Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge is ready for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.