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Deuteronomy 27:19

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

KJV

Maledictus qui pervertit judicium advenæ, pupilli et viduæ : et dicet omnis populus : Amen.

Vulgate

Ἐπικατάρατος ὃς ἂν ἐκκλίνῃ κρίσιν προσηλύτου καὶ ὀρφανοῦ καὶ χήρας. καὶ ἐροῦσιν πᾶς ὁ λαός Γένοιτο.

LXX

Cursed be he that wresteth the justice due to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

ASV

אָר֗וּר מַטֶּ֛ה מִשְׁפַּ֥ט גֵּר יָת֖וֹם וְ/אַלְמָנָ֑ה וְ/אָמַ֥ר כָּל הָ/עָ֖ם אָמֵֽן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַלְמָנָ֖ה
'lmnh
noun · 56×
אָמֵֽן
'mn
adverb · 26×
אָר֣וּר
'rvr
verb · 63×
גֵּ֖ר
gr
noun · 92×
י
y
noun · 422×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יָּת֥וֹם
ytvm
noun · 42×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
נָטִ֤יתִי
ntyty
verb · 216×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 5:3 — Honour widows that are widows indeed.
  • Deut 10:18 — He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
  • Deut 16:19 — 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.
  • Deut 24:17 — Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
  • Deut 24:17 — Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
  • Exod 22:21 — Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
  • Exod 22:22 — Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
  • Exod 23:2 — Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
  • Exod 23:6 — Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
  • Exod 23:8 — And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
  • Exod 23:9 — Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
  • Jer 7:6 — If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
  • Lev 19:15 — Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
  • Luke 18:3 — And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
  • Mal 3:5 — 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
  • Mal 3:5 — 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
  • Mic 3:9 — Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
  • Mic 3:9 — Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
  • Prov 17:23 — A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
  • Prov 23:11 — For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
  • Prov 31:5 — Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
  • Ps 82:2 — How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
  • Zech 7:10 — 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.