Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded 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.

New American Standard Bible

You shall not pervert the justice due an alien or an orphan, nor take a widow’s garment in pledge.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

"Don't deny justice to a foreigner or to an orphan, nor take a widow's garment as collateral for a loan.

A Conservative Version

Thou shall not distort the justice [due] to the sojourner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge,

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

“You shall not pervert the justice due a stranger or an orphan, nor seize (impound) a widow’s garment as security [for a loan].

Bible in Basic English

Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

Thou shalt not turn away the judgment of the stranger, the fatherless; and thou shalt not take as a pledge the garment of the widow.

King James 2000

You shall not pervert the justice due the stranger, nor the fatherless; nor take a widow's clothing as pledge:

Modern King James verseion

You shall not pervert the rightful judgment of the stranger nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's clothing to pledge.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Hinder not the right of the stranger nor of the fatherless, nor take widow's raiment to pledge.

NET Bible

You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow's garment as security for a loan.

New Heart English Bible

You shall not deprive the foreigner, or the fatherless of justice, nor take a widow's clothing in pledge;

The Emphasized Bible

Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the sojourner or the fatherless, - neither shalt thou take in pledge the garment of a widow;

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the judgment
משׁפּט 
Mishpat 
Usage: 421

of the stranger
גּיר גּר 
Ger 
Usage: 92

nor of the fatherless
יתום 
Yathowm 
Usage: 42

אלמנה 
'almanah 
Usage: 54

Context Readings

Consideration For People In Need

16 "Fathers shall not be put to death because of [their] children, and children shall not be put to death because of [their] fathers; each one shall be put to death for his [own] sin. 17 You shall not subvert the rights of an alien [or] an orphan, and you shall not take as pledge [the] garment of a widow. 18 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.



Cross References

Deuteronomy 16:19

You shall not subvert justice; you shall not {show partiality}; and you shall not take a bribe, for the bribe makes blind [the] eyes of [the] wise and misrepresents [the] words of [the] righteous.

Exodus 22:21-22

" 'You will not mistreat an alien, and you will not oppress him, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 23:6

" 'You will not pervert the justice of your poor in his legal dispute.

Deuteronomy 27:19

'Cursed be the one who deprives [the] alien, [the] orphan, and [the] widow of justice.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Exodus 23:2

You will not {follow} a majority for evil, and you will not testify concerning a legal dispute to turn aside after a majority to pervert [justice].

Exodus 23:9

And you will not oppress an alien; you yourselves know the feelings of the alien, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 1:17

You must not {be partial} {in your judgment}; hear [out] the small [person] as [also] the great [person]; {do not be intimidated by any person}, because the judgment [is] God's; and the case that is too difficult for you, bring [it] to me, and I will hear it [out].'

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes [are] rebels and companions of thieves. Every one loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend [the] orphan and [the] legal dispute of [the] widow does not come before them.

Jeremiah 5:28

They have grown fat, they have grown sleek, also, {their evil deeds have no limit}. They do not judge [with] justice, [the] legal cause of [the] orphan, or allow it to succeed, and [the] legal case of [the] poor, they do not defend.

Exodus 22:26-27

If indeed you require the cloak of your neighbor as a pledge, you will return it to him at sundown,

Deuteronomy 10:17-18

For Yahweh your God, he [is] God of the gods and Lord of the lords, the great and mighty God, the awesome [one] who {is not partial}, and he does not take bribes.

Deuteronomy 24:6

"A person shall not take a pair of millstones or an upper millstone, for {he is taking necessities of life as a pledge}.

Deuteronomy 24:13

You shall certainly return the pledge to him {as the sun sets}, so that he may sleep in his cloak and may bless you, and it shall be [considered] righteousness {on your behalf} {before} Yahweh your God.

1 Samuel 12:3-4

Here I am! Testify against me before Yahweh and before his anointed one! Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I exploited? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe, that I may shut my eyes {regarding} him?-then I will restore it to you."

Job 22:8-9

And the land {belongs to the man of power}, and {the favored} lives in it.

Job 29:11-17

"When [the] ear heard and commended me, and [the] eye saw and testified in support of me

Psalm 82:1-5

God stands in the divine assembly; he administers judgment in the midst of [the] gods.

Psalm 94:3-6

How long [will the] wicked, O Yahweh, how long will [the] wicked exult?

Psalm 94:20-21

Can there be allied with you a throne of destruction, one that forms trouble based on statute?

Proverbs 22:22-23

Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate;

Proverbs 31:5

Or else he will drink and forget what has been decreed, and he will pervert the rights of all the {afflicted}.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

Do not be surprised if you see the poor being oppressed with violence or [do not see] justice and righteousness in the province. For one official is watched by a higher official, and [there are] even higher officials over them!

Isaiah 3:15

{Why} do you crush my people and grind [the] face of [the] poor?" {declares} the Lord Yahweh of hosts.

Isaiah 33:15

He who walks [in] righteousness and speaks uprightness, who rejects [the] gain of extortion, who {refuses} bribe, who stops up his ears from hearing {bloodshed} and shuts his eyes from seeing evil.

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus says Yahweh, "Act [with] justice and righteousness, and deliver [the] one who has been seized from the hand of [the] oppressor. And you must not oppress [the] immigrant, [the] orphan, and [the] widow. And you must not shed innocent blood in this place.

Ezekiel 22:7

They have treated father and mother with contempt in you; {they violated} the alien with extortion; in the midst of you they mistreated [the] orphan and widow.

Ezekiel 22:29

They severely oppress the people of the land, and {they committed robbery}, and they mistreated [the] needy and [the] poor, and they oppressed the alien {without} justice.

Amos 5:7-12

[Ah,] you who turn justice into wormwood and hurl righteousness to the ground!

Micah 2:1-2

Woe [to] those who plan wickedness and evil deeds upon their beds! In the light of the morning they did it, because they have power in their hands.

Micah 7:3

Their hands [are] upon evil, to do [it] well; the official and the judge ask for the bribe, and the great [man] utters the evil desire of his soul; and they weave [it] together.

Zechariah 7:10

You must not oppress [the] widow, [the] orphan, [the] foreigner, and [the] needy. You must not devise evil in your heart {against one another}.'

Malachi 3:5

"Then I will approach you for judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers, and against those who swear {falsely}, and against the oppressors of [the] hired worker [with his] wages, [the] widow and [the] orphan, and {the abusers of} [the] alien, and [yet] do not fear me," says Yahweh of hosts.

Luke 3:14

And those who served in the army were also asking him, saying, "What should we also do?" And he said to them, "Extort from no one, and do not blackmail [anyone], and be content with your pay."

James 2:6

But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich exploiting you and they themselves dragging you into the courts?

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