Deuteronomy 24:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ “When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, do not glean what is left; it shall be for the alien, the orphan, and the widow.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it afterward; it shall be for the stranger and the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it after thee: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

Common English Bible

²¹ Again, when you pick the grapes of your vineyard, don’t pick them over twice. Let the leftovers go to the immigrants, the orphans, and the widows.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ If you harvest the vintage of your vineyard, you shall not gather the remaining clusters. Instead, they shall fall to the use of the stranger, the orphan, and the widow.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ If thou make the vintage of thy vineyard, thou shalt not gather the clusters that remain: but they shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.

Deuteronomy 24:21 Cross References

Obadiah 1:5

If thieves came to you, if plunderers by night —how you have been destroyed!— would they not steal only what they wanted? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?

Deuteronomy 24:19

“When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be left for the alien, the orphan, and the widow, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all your undertakings.

Deuteronomy 24:20

When you beat your olive trees, do not strip what is left; it shall be for the alien, the orphan, and the widow.

Deuteronomy 24:22

Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this.