Deuteronomy 27:19
What does Deuteronomy 27:19 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 27:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Cursed be he that wresteth the justice due to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Cursed be he that wresteth the justice due to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Cursed <FI>is<Fi> he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, --and all the people have said, Amen.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, of the fatherless and the widow: and all the people shall say: Amen.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow! And all the people shall say, Amen.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Micah 3:9
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity.
- Proverbs 17:23
A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice.
- Deuteronomy 24:17
Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to the sojourner, or to the fatherless, nor take the widow’s raiment to pledge;
- Psalms 82:2
How long will ye judge unjustly, And respect the persons of the wicked? [Selah
- Proverbs 31:5
Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice due to any that is afflicted.
- Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
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