Revised Version 1895
Deuteronomy 24:14
14Thou 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:
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
12And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: 13thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God. 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: 15in his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee. 16The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
Read all of Deuteronomy 24Deuteronomy 24:14 word by word
לֹא־תַעֲשֹׁ֥ק שָׂכִ֖יר עָנִ֣י וְאֶבְי֑וֹן מֵאַחֶ֕יךָ א֧וֹ מִגֵּרְךָ֛ אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּאַרְצְךָ֖ בִּשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
- notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
- oppressעָשַׁק‛âshaq · to oppressH6231
- hiredשָׂכִירώâkîyr · hiredH7916
- poorעָנִי‛ânîy · afflictedH6041
- needyאֶבְיוֹן'ebyôn · needyH34
- whetherאוֹ'ô 'av · orH176
- brethrenאָח'âch · brother: compatriotH251
- strangersגֵּרgêr gêyr · sojournerH1616
- landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- gatesשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gate: townH8179
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 24:14
- Leviticus 25:40as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee; he shall serve with thee unto the year of jubile:
- Job 24:10So that they go about naked without clothing, and being an-hungred they carry the sheaves;
- Job 31:13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me:
- Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that hath mercy on the needy honoureth him.
- Proverbs 22:16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain, and he that giveth to the rich, cometh only to want.
- Ezekiel 22:7In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee, have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
- Amos 2:7that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
- Amos 4:1Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say unto their lords, Bring, and let us drink.
- Amos 8:4Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
- Malachi 3:5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers; and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
- Luke 10:7And in that same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
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
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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
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