17 (A)You shall not pervert the justice [a]due a stranger or [b]an orphan, nor (B)seize a widow’s garment as a [c]pledge.

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  1. Deuteronomy 24:17 Lit of
  2. Deuteronomy 24:17 Or the fatherless
  3. Deuteronomy 24:17 I.e., for a loan

17 Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless(A) of justice,(B) or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge.

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You have sent (A)widows away empty,
And the [a]strength of (B)orphans has been crushed.

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  1. Job 22:9 Lit arms

And you sent widows(A) away empty-handed(B)
    and broke the strength of the fatherless.(C)

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