They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, and they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Deuteronomy 24:7 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) If a man be found stealing any of his brothers of the children of Yisra'el, and he deal with him as a slave, or sell him; then that thief shall die: so shall you put away the evil from the midst of you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If a man is found kidnapping any of his brethren of the Israelites and treats him as a slave or a servant or sells him, then that thief shall die. So you shall put evil from among you. American Standard Version (1901) If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and he deal with him as a slave, or sell him; then that thief shall die: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee. Common English Bible If someone is caught kidnapping their fellow Israelites, intending to enslave the Israelite or sell them, that kidnapper must die. Remove such evil from your community! Catholic Public Domain Version If a man has been caught soliciting his brother among the sons of Israel, and selling him in order to receive a price, then he shall be put to death. And so shall you take away the evil from your midst. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If any man be found soliciting his brother of the children of Israel, and selling him shall take a price, he shall be put to death: and thou shalt take away the evil from the midst of thee. |
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, and they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,
*Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
Yavan, Tuval, and Meshekh, they were your traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for your merchandise.
If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend, who is as your own soul, entice you secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known, you, nor your fathers;
The hand of the witnesses shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.
then shall you do to him, as he had thought to do to his brother: so shall you put away the evil from the midst of you.
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he takes [a man's] life to pledge.
for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;
and cinnamon, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, sheep, horses, chariots, and people's bodies and souls.