Deuteronomy 24:17
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
You shall not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
American King James Version (AKJV)
You shall not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
American Standard Version (ASV)
Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to the sojourner, or to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge;
Basic English Translation (BBE)
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:
Webster's Revision
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;
English Revised Version (ERV)
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take the widow's raiment to pledge:
Definitions for Deuteronomy 24:17
Barnes's Deuteronomy 24:17 Bible Commentary
Compare the marginal references. The motive assigned for these various acts of consideration is one and the same Deuteronomy 24:18, Deuteronomy 24:22.
Wesley's Deuteronomy 24:17 Bible Commentary
24:17 Raiment - Not such as she hath daily and necessary use of, as being poor. But this concerns not rich persons, nor superfluous raiment.
