Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
""Cursed is the one who perverts justice due the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Holman Bible
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
A Conservative Version
Cursed be he who distorts the justice to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
American Standard Version
Cursed be he that wresteth the justice due to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Amplified
‘Cursed is he who distorts (perverts) the justice due to a stranger, an orphan, and a widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
Bible in Basic English
Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.
Darby Translation
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow! And all the people shall say, Amen.
Julia Smith Translation
Cursing he turning away the judgment of the stranger, the orphan and the widow: and all the people said, Amen.
King James 2000
Cursed be he that perverts the justice due the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Lexham Expanded Bible
'Cursed be the one who deprives [the] alien, [the] orphan, and [the] widow of justice.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Modern King James verseion
Cursed is he who perverts the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"'Cursed be he that hindereth the right of the stranger, fatherless and widow.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
NET Bible
Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'
New Heart English Bible
'Cursed is he who wrests the justice due the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
The Emphasized Bible
Cursed, be he that perverteth the right of the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow. And all the people shall say - Amen.
Webster
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow: and all the people shall say, Amen.
World English Bible
'Cursed is he who wrests the justice [due] to the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Youngs Literal Translation
Cursed is he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
Themes
Aliens » To be treated with justice
Amen » A word used to reenforce a statement
Fatherless » A curse on those who oppress
Law » Curses of, responsively read by levites and people at mount ebal and mount gerizim
Strangers » Mosaic law relating to » Oppression of
The judgment of babylon » Those that pervert judgment
The word of God » The people stood and responded by saying, "amen,"
Widow's » Laws respecting » Not to be oppressed
Topics
Interlinear
Natah
Mishpat
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 27:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Blessings And Curses
18 ""Cursed is the one who misleads a blind person on the road.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!' 19 ""Cursed is the one who perverts justice due the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!' 20 "Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with his father's wife, because he has disgraced his father.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:18
He executes justice for the orphan and the widows, loves the foreigner, and gives them food and clothing."
Deuteronomy 24:17
"Don't deny justice to a foreigner or to an orphan, nor take a widow's garment as collateral for a loan.
Exodus 22:21-24
"You are not to wrong or oppress an alien, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 23:2
You are not to follow the majority in doing wrong, and you are not to testify in a lawsuit so as to follow the majority and pervert justice.
Exodus 23:8-9
You are not to take a bribe because a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and distorts the words of the righteous.
Psalm 82:2-4
"How long will you judge partially by showing favor on the wicked? Interlude
Proverbs 17:23
The wicked man takes a bribe in secret in order to pervert the course of justice.
Proverbs 31:5
Otherwise, they may drink and forget what has been ordained, perverting justice for all the oppressed.
Micah 3:9
Please listen to this, you leaders of the house of Jacob, you officials of the house of Israel, you who hate administering justice, who pervert the very meaning of equity,
Malachi 3:5
"I'll come near to you for judgment. I'll be a witness, quick to speak against sorcerers, against adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who defraud the laborer of his wage, against those who defraud the widow and the orphan, against those who deprive the alien of justice, and against those who don't fear me," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.