Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest justice:
Deuteronomy 27:19 - American Standard Version 2015 Cursed be he that wresteth the justice due to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) Cursed be he that wresteth the justice due to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. Common English Bible “Cursed is anyone who obstructs the legal rights of immigrants, orphans, or widows.” All the people will reply: “We agree!” Catholic Public Domain Version Cursed be he who subverts the judgment of the new arrival, the orphan, or the widow. And all the people shall say: Amen. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, of the fatherless and the widow. And all the people shall say: Amen. |
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest justice:
A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom,\par\tab To pervert the ways of justice.
Lest they drink, and forget the law,\par\tab And pervert the justice {\i due} to any that is afflicted.
And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong.
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity.
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 the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner {\i from his right}, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the sojourner, in giving him food and raiment.
Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to the sojourner, or to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge;