Deuteronomy 24:16-18

New International Version

¹⁶Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.^(A)

¹⁷Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless^(B) of justice,^(C) or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge. ¹⁸Remember that you were slaves in Egypt^(D) and the Lord your God redeemed you from there. That is why I command you to do this.

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Deuteronomy 24:16-18

New King James Version

¹⁶^(A)“Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; a person shall be put to death for his own sin.

¹⁷^(B)“You shall not pervert justice due the stranger or the fatherless, ^(C)nor take a widow’s garment as a pledge. ¹⁸But ^(D)you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this thing.

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Deuteronomy 24:16-18

King James Version

¹⁶The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

¹⁷Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:

¹⁸But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

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Deuteronomy 24:16-18

English Standard Version

¹⁶^(A)“Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin.

¹⁷^(B)“You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, ^(C)or take a widow's garment in pledge, ¹⁸but ^(D)you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this.

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Deuteronomy 24:16-18

New American Standard Bible

¹⁶“^(A)Fathers shall not be put to death for their sons, nor shall sons be put to death for their fathers; everyone shall be put to death for his own sin alone.

¹⁷“^(B)You shall not pervert the justice ^[a]due a stranger or ^[b]an orphan, nor ^(C)seize a widow’s garment as a ^[c]pledge. ¹⁸But you are to remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and that the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.