Parallel Verses
Amplified
‘Cursed is he who distorts (perverts) the justice due to a stranger, an orphan, and a widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Holman Bible
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
International Standard Version
""Cursed is the one who perverts justice due the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'
A Conservative Version
Cursed be he who distorts the justice to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
American Standard Version
Cursed be he that wresteth the justice due to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Bible in Basic English
Cursed 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.
Darby Translation
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow! And all the people shall say, Amen.
Julia Smith Translation
Cursing he turning away the judgment of the stranger, the orphan and the widow: and all the people said, Amen.
King James 2000
Cursed be he that perverts the justice due the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Lexham Expanded Bible
'Cursed be the one who deprives [the] alien, [the] orphan, and [the] widow of justice.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Modern King James verseion
Cursed is he who perverts the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"'Cursed be he that hindereth the right of the stranger, fatherless and widow.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
NET Bible
Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'
New Heart English Bible
'Cursed is he who wrests the justice due the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
The Emphasized Bible
Cursed, be he that perverteth the right of the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow. And all the people shall say - Amen.
Webster
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow: and all the people shall say, Amen.
World English Bible
'Cursed is he who wrests the justice [due] to the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Youngs Literal Translation
Cursed is he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
Themes
Aliens » To be treated with justice
Amen » A word used to reenforce a statement
Fatherless » A curse on those who oppress
Law » Curses of, responsively read by levites and people at mount ebal and mount gerizim
Strangers » Mosaic law relating to » Oppression of
The judgment of babylon » Those that pervert judgment
The word of God » The people stood and responded by saying, "amen,"
Widow's » Laws respecting » Not to be oppressed
Topics
Interlinear
Natah
Mishpat
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 27:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Blessings And Curses
18
‘Cursed is he who misleads a blind person on the road.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
19 ‘Cursed is he who distorts (perverts) the justice due to a stranger, an orphan, and a widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
20
‘Cursed is he who is intimate with his father’s [former] wife, because he has
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:18
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Deuteronomy 24:17
“You shall not pervert the justice due a stranger or an orphan, nor seize (impound) a widow’s garment as security [for a loan].
Exodus 22:21-24
“You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 23:2
You shall not follow a crowd to do [something] evil, nor shall you testify at a trial or in a dispute so as to side with a crowd in order to pervert justice;
Exodus 23:8-9
“You shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the testimony and the cause of the righteous.
Psalm 82:2-4
How long will you judge unjustly
And show partiality to the wicked? Selah.
Proverbs 17:23
A wicked man receives a bribe from the [hidden] pocket
To pervert the ways of justice.
Proverbs 31:5
Otherwise they drink and forget the law and its decrees,
And pervert the rights and justice of all the afflicted.
Micah 3:9
Now hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob
And rulers of the house of Israel,
Who hate and reject justice
And twist everything that is straight,
Malachi 3:5
“Then I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, against adulterers, against perjurers, and against those who oppress the laborer in his wages and widows and the fatherless, and against those who turn away the alien [from his right], and those who do not fear Me [with awe-filled reverence],” says the Lord of hosts.