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 your neighbor is poor and gives you his cloak as security for a loan, do not keep the cloak overnight. 13Return the cloak to its owner by sunset so he can stay warm through the night and bless you, and the Lord your God will count you as righteous. “Never take advantage of poor and destitute laborers, whether they are fellow Israelites or foreigners living in your towns. 15You must pay them their wages each day before sunset because they are poor and are counting on it. If you don’t, they might cry out to the Lord against you, and it would be counted against you as sin. 16“Parents must not be put to death for the sins of their children, nor children for the sins of their parents. Those deserving to die must be put to death for their own crimes.

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 25:40Treat him instead as a hired worker or as a temporary resident who lives with you, and he will serve you only until the Year of Jubilee.
• Job 24:10The poor must go about naked, without any clothing. They harvest food for others while they themselves are starving.
• Job 31:13“If I have been unfair to my male or female servants when they brought their complaints to me,
• Proverbs 14:31Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker, but helping the poor honors him.
• Proverbs 22:16A person who gets ahead by oppressing the poor or by showering gifts on the rich will end in poverty.
• Ezekiel 22:7Fathers and mothers are treated with contempt. Foreigners are forced to pay for protection. Orphans and widows are wronged and oppressed among you.
• Amos 2:7They trample helpless people in the dust and shove the oppressed out of the way. Both father and son sleep with the same woman, corrupting my holy name.
• Amos 4:1Listen to me, you fat cows living in Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, and who are always calling to your husbands, “Bring us another drink!”
• Amos 8:4Listen to this, you who rob the poor and trample down the needy!
• Malachi 3:5“At that time I will put you on trial. I am eager to witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
• Luke 10:7Don’t move around from home to home. Stay in one place, eating and drinking what they provide. Don’t hesitate to accept hospitality, because those who work deserve their pay.

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
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• 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