Deuteronomy 24:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

in his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּיוֹמוֹ֩ תִתֵּ֨ן שְׂכָר֜וֹ וְֽלֹא־תָב֧וֹא עָלָ֣יו הַשֶּׁ֗מֶשׁ כִּ֤י עָנִי֙ ה֔וּא וְאֵלָ֕יו ה֥וּא נֹשֵׂ֖א אֶת־נַפְשׁ֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־יִקְרָ֤א עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה וְהָיָ֥ה בְךָ֖ חֵֽטְא׃

Transliteration

In his day tittēn his śəkārô and not tābôʾ upon him haššemeš, for ʿānî hûʾ and to it hûʾ nōśēʾ ʾet-his napšô; and not yiqrāʾ against you to YHWH and hāyâ in you ḥēṭə.

Grammar Details

*tittēn*: qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you shall give
*śəkārô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his wages
*tābôʾ*: qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - it sets
*haššemeš*: definite feminine singular noun - the sun
*ʿānî*: adjective masculine singular - poor/afflicted
*hûʾ*: 3rd masculine singular pronoun - he
*nōśēʾ*: qal participle masculine singular - lifting/setting
*napšô*: feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his soul/life
*yiqrāʾ*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he calls/cries out
*hāyâ*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - there will be
*ḥēṭə*: masculine singular noun - sin

Word Meanings

*nōśēʾ* *ʾet*-his *napšô*: sets his heart upon it/lifts his soul to it/depends on it for his life
*yiqrāʾ* against you to *YHWH*: cry out against you to YHWH/call to YHWH about you

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Referenced Verses

Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
Lev 19:13 : 13 Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor, nor rob him: the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
Deut 15:9 : 9 Beware that there be not a base thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou give him nought; and he cry unto Jehovah against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
Jer 22:13 : 13 Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that useth his neighbor's service without wages, and giveth him not his hire;
Prov 3:27-28 : 27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it. 28 Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give; When thou hast it by thee.
Exod 22:23-24 : 23 If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; 24 and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
Job 35:9 : 9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
Ps 24:4 : 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; Who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood, And hath not sworn deceitfully.
Ps 25:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O Jehovah, do I lift up my soul.
Ps 86:4 : 4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant; For unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
Job 31:38 : 38 If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together;
Job 34:28 : 28 So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him, And he heard the cry of the afflicted.
Matt 20:8 : 8 And when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the laborers, and pay them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
Mark 10:19 : 19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor thy father and mother.
Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: 23 For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.
Prov 23:10-11 : 10 Remove not the ancient landmark; And enter not into the fields of the fatherless: 11 For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause against thee.
Isa 5:7 : 7 For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; for righteousness, but, behold, a cry.

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