Deuteronomy 24:14

Deuteronomy 24:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
• New International Version (NIV)Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"You shall not oppress a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the sojourners who are in your land within your towns.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether one of your brethren or one of the aliens who is in your land within your gates.

Context of Deuteronomy 24:14

12If the person is poor, don’t keep the coat you took as a deposit overnight. 13Make sure you bring it back to him at sunset. When he wears his coat to bed ⌞that night⌟, he’ll bless you. You will have done the right thing in the presence of the Lord your God. Don’t withhold pay from hired workers who are poor and needy, whether they are Israelites or foreigners living in one of your cities. 15Pay them each day before sunset because they are poor and need their pay. Otherwise, they will complain to the Lord about you, and you will be condemned for your sin. 16Parents must never be put to death for the crimes of their children, and children must never be put to death for the crimes of their parents. Each person must be put to death for his own crime.

Deuteronomy 24:14 word by word

לֹא־תַעֲשֹׁ֥ק שָׂכִ֖יר עָנִ֣י וְאֶבְי֑וֹן מֵאַחֶ֕יךָ א֧וֹ מִגֵּרְךָ֛ אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּאַרְצְךָ֖ בִּשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou shalt not oppressעָשַׁק‛âshaq · to oppressH6231
• an hired servantשָׂכִירώâkîyr · hiredH7916
• poorעָנִי‛ânîy · afflictedH6041
• and needyאֶבְיוֹן'ebyôn · needyH34
• of thy brethrenאָח'âch · brother: compatriotH251
• or of thy strangersגֵּרgêr gêyr · sojournerH1616
• in thy landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• within thy gatesשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gate: townH8179

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 24:14

• Leviticus 25:40He will be like a hired worker or a visitor to you. He may work with you until the year of jubilee.
• Job 24:10⌞That is why⌟ the poor go around naked. They are hungry, yet they carry bundles of grain.
• Job 31:13“If I have abused the rights of my servants, male or female, when they have disagreed with me,
• Proverbs 14:31Whoever oppresses the poor insults his maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors him.
• Proverbs 22:16Oppressing the poor for profit ⌞or⌟ giving to the rich certainly leads to poverty.
• Ezekiel 22:7People in you hate their fathers and mothers. They oppress foreigners in you. They oppress orphans and widows in you.
• Amos 2:7They stomp the heads of the poor into the dust. They push the humble out of the way. Father and son sleep with the same woman. They dishonor my holy name.
• Amos 4:1Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria. You women oppress the poor and abuse the needy. You say to your husbands, “Get some wine! Let’s drink!”
• Amos 8:4Listen to this, those who trample on the needy and ruin those who are oppressed in the world.
• Malachi 3:5“I will come to judge you. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers, lying witnesses, and those who cheat workers out of their wages and oppress widows and orphans. I will also testify against those who deprive foreigners of their rights. None of them fear me,” says the Lord of Armies.
• Luke 10:7Stay with the family that accepts you. Eat and drink whatever they offer you. After all, the worker deserves his pay. Do not move around from one house to another.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 24:14

• 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. 14-1514-15. Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy--Hired servants in the East are paid at the close of the day; and for a master to defraud the laborer of his hire, or to withhold it wrongfully for a night, might have subjected a poor man with his family to suffering and was therefore an injustice to be avoided (Le 19:13).Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 24:14

• Aliens
• Employee
• Employer
• Labor
• Master
• Oppression
• Poor
• Quotations and Allusions
• Servant
• Strangers
• Wages

In the dictionaries

• Divorcement
• Former
• Stranger
• Wages
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Deuteronomy
• Ethics
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis

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