Deuteronomy 24:17

Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data

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

Word-by-Word Analysis

Thou shalt not

עָוַת

ʻâvath

H5791

to wrest

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the

מִשְׁפָּט

mishpâṭ

H4941

properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...

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of the

גֵּר

gêr

H1616

properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner

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nor of the

יָתוֹם

yâthôwm

H3490

a bereaved person

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nor

לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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a

אַלְמָנָה

ʼalmânâh

H490

a widow; also a desolate place

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בֶּגֶד

beged

H899

a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage

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to

חָבַל

châbal

H2254

to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturi...

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Key Terms in This Verse

pervert H5791

עָוַת ʻâvath

to wrest

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pledge H2254

חָבַל châbal

to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)

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fatherless H3490

יָתוֹם yâthôwm

a bereaved person

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widow H490

אַלְמָנָה ʼalmânâh

a widow; also a desolate place

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raiment H899

בֶּגֶד beged

a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage

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stranger H1616

גֵּר gêr

properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner

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judgment H4941

מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ

properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the pla...

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take H3947

לָקַח lâqach

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 16:19 cross-reference

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

Exodus 23:6 cross-reference

Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

Deuteronomy 27:19 cross-reference

Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Isaiah 1:23 cross-reference

Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

Deuteronomy 1:17 cross-reference

Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you...

Micah 7:3 cross-reference

That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

Jeremiah 5:28 cross-reference

They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

Exodus 23:9 cross-reference

Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 23:2 cross-reference

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

Deuteronomy 24:13 cross-reference

In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.

Isaiah 33:15 cross-reference

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shuttet...

Zechariah 7:10 cross-reference

And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

Ecclesiastes 5:8 cross-reference

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher ...

Proverbs 31:5 cross-reference

Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

Ezekiel 22:29 cross-reference

The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

Deuteronomy 24:6 cross-reference

No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.

Malachi 3:5 cross-reference

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 false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his...

James 2:6 cross-reference

But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

Luke 3:14 cross-reference

And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.

Jeremiah 22:3 cross-reference

Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, ne...

Ezekiel 22:7 cross-reference

In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

Isaiah 3:15 cross-reference

What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

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