Deuteronomy 27:19 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁹ Cursed be he that wresteth the judgement of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ Cursed is he who perverts the justice due to the sojourner or the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. All the people shall say, Amen.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ Cursed be he that wresteth the justice due to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ “Cursed is anyone who obstructs the legal rights of immigrants, orphans, or widows.” All the people will reply: “We agree!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ Cursed be he who subverts the judgment of the new arrival, the orphan, or the widow. And all the people shall say: Amen.

Deuteronomy 27:19 Cross References

Deuteronomy 10:18

He doth execute the judgement of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

Deuteronomy 24:17

Thou shalt not wrest the judgement of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take the widow's raiment to pledge:

Malachi 3:5

And I will come near to you to judgement; 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 wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

Proverbs 17:23

A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of judgement.

Micah 3:9

Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor judgement, and pervert all equity.

Proverbs 31:5

Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the judgement of any that is afflicted.

Exodus 23:2

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest judgement:

Leviticus 19:33

And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong.