Deuteronomy 24:17 - Compare All Versions
Deuteronomy 24:17-18 MSG (The Message)
Make sure foreigners and orphans get their just rights. Don’t take the cloak of a widow as security for a loan. Don’t ever forget that you were once slaves in Egypt and GOD, your God, got you out of there. I command you: Do what I’m telling you.
Deuteronomy 24:17 KJV (King James Version)
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge
Deuteronomy 24:17 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
“You shall not pervert the justice due an alien or an orphan, nor take a widow’s garment in pledge.
Deuteronomy 24:17 NCV (New Century Version)
Do not be unfair to a foreigner or an orphan. Don’t take a widow’s coat to make sure she pays you back.
Deuteronomy 24:17 ASV (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
Deuteronomy 24:17 NIV (New International Version)
Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge.
Deuteronomy 24:17 NKJV (New King James Version)
“You shall not pervert justice due the stranger or the fatherless, nor take a widow’s garment as a pledge.
Deuteronomy 24:17 AMP (Amplified Bible)
“You shall not pervert the justice due a stranger or an orphan, nor seize (impound) a widow’s garment as security [for a loan].
Deuteronomy 24:17 NLT (New Living Translation)
“True justice must be given to foreigners living among you and to orphans, and you must never accept a widow’s garment as security for her debt.
Deuteronomy 24:17 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
“You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, or take a widow’s garment in pledge