Verse-by-Verse Bible CommentaryDeuteronomy 24:17
"You shall not pervert the justice due an alien or an orphan, nor take a widow's garment in pledge. Jump to: Gill's Exposition • Geneva Study Bible • Wesley's Notes • Coke's Commentary • Poole's Annotations • Benson's Commentary • Haydock's Catholic Commentary • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes • Treasury of Knowledge Other Authors
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole BibleThou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless,.... Who are unable to defend themselves, and have but few, if any, to take their part; and therefore particular care should be taken by judges and civil magistrates to do them justice, or God will require it of them: nor take a widow's raiment to pledge; nor anything else, as her ox or cow, Job 24:3; according to the Jewish canons Copyright Statement Bibliography Geneva Study BibleThou shalt not pervert the judgment of the g stranger, [nor] of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:(g) Because the world valued these people least, therefore God has most care over them. Copyright Statement Bibliography Wesley's Explanatory NotesThou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge: Raiment — Not such as she hath daily and necessary use of, as being poor. But this concerns not rich persons, nor superfluous raiment. Copyright Statement Bibliography Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy BibleVer. 17. Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, &c.— Concerning this humane and tender provision for strangers, the fatherless, and widows, we refer to the places in the Margin of our Bibles: only observing, that as persons of this kind are commonly in a more destitute condition than others, therefore all good lawgivers have taken especial care of them, particularly of orphans; concerning whom Plato ordains, that the conservators of the laws should be instead of their natural parents, and look after them so well, that they should not fare the worse for the want of those parents. De Leg. lib. 8: Copyright Statement Bibliography Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy BibleNor of the fatherless; nor of the widow, which is to be supplied out of the last member; nor indeed of any other person; but he particularly mentions these, partly because men are most apt to wrong such helpless persons, and partly because God is pleased especially to charge himself, and so to charge others, with the care of those who have no other refuge. See Isaiah 1:23 Jeremiah 5:28. A widow’s raiment, to wit, such a one as she hath daily and necessary use of, as being poor, as may appear by comparing this with Deuteronomy 24:12,13, and with other places. But this concerns not rich persons, nor superfluous raiment. Copyright Statement Bibliography Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New TestamentsDeuteronomy 24:17. Raiment — Not such as he hath daily and necessary use of, as being poor. But this concerns not rich persons, nor superfluous raiment. Copyright Statement Bibliography George Haydock's Catholic Bible CommentaryPervert. Thou shalt not pass an unjust sentence upon any one, particularly (Haydock) upon those who are least able to defend themselves. (Menochius) Copyright Statement Bibliography E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notesfatherless. Some codices, with The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel and Septuagint, read "or the widow". pledge. Not Hebrew. "abot as Deuteronomy 24:10-13, but kabal, as in Deuteronomy 24:6. Copyright Statement Bibliography Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeThou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
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