Deuteronomy 24:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

At 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 the LORD, 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 labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
Lev 19:13 : 13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
Deut 15:9 : 9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD 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 wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
Prov 3:27-28 : 27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. 28 Say not unto thy neighbour, 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 in any wise, 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 make the oppressed to cry: they cry out 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 vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Ps 25:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
Ps 86:4 : 4 Rejoice{H8761)} the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up{H8799)} my soul.
Job 31:38 : 38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
Job 34:28 : 28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
Matt 20:8 : 8 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
Mark 10:19 : 19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour 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 the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Prov 23:10-11 : 10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: 11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
Isa 5:7 : 7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

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