Deuteronomy 24:17
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.

Young's Literal Translation
‘Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take in pledge the garment of a widow;

King James Bible
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, [nor] of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:

Hebrew
Do not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

deny
תַטֶּ֔ה (ṯaṭ·ṭeh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend

justice
מִשְׁפַּ֖ט (miš·paṭ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

to the foreigner
גֵּ֣ר (gêr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1616: A guest, a foreigner

or the fatherless,
יָת֑וֹם (yā·ṯō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3490: A bereaved person

and do not
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

take a widow’s
אַלְמָנָֽה׃ (’al·mā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 490: A widow, a desolate place

cloak
בֶּ֖גֶד (be·ḡeḏ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 899: A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage

as security.
תַחֲבֹ֔ל (ṯa·ḥă·ḇōl)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 2254: To wind tightly, to bind, a pledge, to pervert, destroy, to writhe in pain

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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