Deuteronomy 24:20

Deuteronomy 24:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
• New International Version (NIV)When you beat the olives from your trees, do not go over the branches a second time. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over them again. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.
• New King James Version (NKJV)When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.

Context of Deuteronomy 24:20

18Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the Lord your God rescued you from there. That is why I am commanding you to do these things. 19At harvest time, you might forget to bring in all the crops from your fields. Do not go back to pick up all the grain. Leave it there for foreigners, widows and children who have no family. If you do that, the Lord your God will bless you in all your work. When you knock the olives off your trees, shake each branch only once. Leave the olives that remain for foreigners, widows and children who have no family. 21When you pick your grapes, pick only once from each vine. Leave the grapes that remain for foreigners, widows and children who have no family. 22Remember that you were slaves in Egypt. That is why I am commanding you to do all these things.

Deuteronomy 24:20 word by word

כִּ֤י תַחְבֹּט֙ זֵֽיתְךָ֔ לֹ֥א תְפָאֵ֖ר אַחֲרֶ֑יךָ לַגֵּ֛ר לַיָּת֥וֹם וְלָאַלְמָנָ֖ה יִהְיֶֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• When thou beatestחָבַטchâbaţ · to beatH2251
• thine olive treeזַ֫יִתzayith · oliveH2132
• thou shalt not go over the boughsפִּאֵרpâ'ar · to re-harvestH6286
• againאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• it shall be for the strangerגֵּרgêr gêyr · sojournerH1616
• for the fatherlessיָתוֹםyâthôm · orphanH3490
• and for the widowאַלְמָנָה'almânâh · widowH490

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 24:20

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17-22Verses 17-22 Compare the marginal references. The motive assigned for these various acts of consideration is one and the same Deuteronomy 24:18, Deuteronomy 24:22.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-22Verses 14-22 It is not hard to prove that purity, piety, justice, mercy, fair conduct, kindness to the poor and destitute, consideration for them, and generosity of spirit, are pleasing to God, and becoming in his redeemed people. The difficulty is to attend to them in our daily walk and conversation.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-2219-22. When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field--The grain, pulled up by the roots or cut down with a sickle, was laid in loose sheaves; the fruit of the olive was obtained by striking the branches with long poles; and the grape clusters, severed by a hook, were gathered in the hands of the vintager. Here is a beneficent provision for the poor. Every forgotten sheaf in the harvest-field was to lie; the olive tree was not to be beaten a second…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 24:20

• Agriculture
• Gleaning
• Liberality
• Olive
• Orphan
• Poor
• Widow

In the dictionaries

• Olive Tree
• Divorcement
• Former
• Olive
• Stranger
• Widows
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Deuteronomy
• Exodus, the Book of

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings