“Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.”
King James Version (KJV)
27:17 Out of the way - That misleadeth simple souls, giving them pernicious counsel, either for this life, or for the next.
Cursed be hee that peruerteth the iudgement of the stranger, fatherlesse, and widow: and all the people shall say, Amen.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
'Cursed is he who distorts the justice due an alien, orphan, and widow.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Cursed be he that wresteth the justice `due' to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- American Standard Version (1901)
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.
- Basic English Bible
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow! And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Darby Bible
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow: and all the people shall say, Amen.
- Webster's Bible
'Cursed is he who wrests the justice [due] to the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
- World English Bible
`Cursed [is] he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Cursed be he that perverteth the justice due to the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say: Amen.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible