“If thieves came to you, if robbers by night— how ruined you would be!— would they keep stealing after they had enough? If grape-gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleaning?
Deuteronomy 24:21 - Tree of Life Version When you harvest your vineyard, you are not to pick over it afterward. It is for the outsider, for the orphan and for the widow. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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. |
“If thieves came to you, if robbers by night— how ruined you would be!— would they keep stealing after they had enough? If grape-gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleaning?
“When you reap your harvest in your field and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you are not to turn back to get it. It is for the outsider, for the orphan and for the widow—in order that Adonai your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
When you beat your olive tree, you are not to search through the branches afterward. It is for the outsider, for the orphan and for the widow.
You are to remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.