17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
17 Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge.
17 "You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, or take a widow's garment in pledge,
17 Make sure foreigners and orphans get their just rights. Don't take the cloak of a widow as security for a loan.
17 "You shall not pervert justice due the stranger or the fatherless, nor take a widow's garment as a pledge.
17 "True justice must be given to foreigners living among you and to orphans, and you must never accept a widow's garment as security for her debt.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 24:17
Commentary on Deuteronomy 24:14-22
(Read Deuteronomy 24:14-22)
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.