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申命记 24:15

你要當日給他工錢,不可等到日落,因為他貧窮,把心放在工錢上,免得他對你不滿而呼求耶和華,你就有罪了。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Employee;   Employer;   Labor;   Master;   Oppression;   Poor;   Quotations and Allusions;   Servant;   Wages;   Thompson Chain Reference - Business Life;   Capital and Labour;   Duty;   Employers (Masters);   Master's Duty;   Masters (Employers);   Social Duties;   Wages;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Masters;   Servants;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Poor;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Heart;   Work;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Amos, Theology of;   Poor and Poverty, Theology of;   Wages;   Work;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Stranger;   Wages;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jehoiakim;   Law;   Stranger;   Wages;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hireling;   Robbery;   Wages;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Leviticus;   Poverty;   Wages;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Pledge;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Justice;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cry, Crying;   Deuteronomy;   Gentiles;   Hire;   Poor;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Baba Meẓi'a;   Commandments, the 613;   Gentile;   Judaism;   Master and Servant;   Moses;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
要 当 日 给 他 工 价 , 不 可 等 到 日 落 ─ 因 为 他 穷 苦 , 把 心 放 在 工 价 上 ─ 恐 怕 他 因 你 求 告 耶 和 华 , 罪 便 归 你 了 。

Contextual Overview

14 Don't cheat hired servants who are poor and needy, whether they are fellow Israelites or foreigners living in one of your towns. 15 Pay them each day before sunset, because they are poor and need the money. Otherwise, they may complain to the Lord about you, and you will be guilty of sin. 16 Parents must not be put to death if their children do wrong, and children must not be put to death if their parents do wrong. Each person must die for his own sin. 17 Do not be unfair to a foreigner or an orphan. Don't take a widow's coat to make sure she pays you back. 18 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the Lord your God saved you from there. That is why I am commanding you to do this. 19 When you are gathering your harvest in the field and leave behind a bundle of grain, don't go back and get it. Leave it there for foreigners, orphans, and widows so that the Lord your God can bless everything you do. 20 When you beat your olive trees to knock the olives off, don't beat the trees a second time. Leave what is left for foreigners, orphans, and widows. 21 When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, don't pick the vines a second time. Leave what is left for foreigners, orphans, and widows. 22 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt; that is why I am commanding you to do this.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

At his: Leviticus 19:13, Proverbs 3:27, Proverbs 3:28, Jeremiah 22:13, Matthew 20:8, Mark 10:19, James 5:4

setteth his heart upon it: Heb. lifteth his soul unto it, Psalms 24:4, Psalms 25:1, Psalms 86:4

lest he: Deuteronomy 15:9, Exodus 22:23, Exodus 22:24, Job 31:38, Job 34:28, Job 35:9, Proverbs 22:22, Proverbs 22:23, Proverbs 23:10, Proverbs 23:11, Isaiah 5:7, James 5:4

Reciprocal: Genesis 31:12 - I have seen Exodus 2:23 - cry Deuteronomy 24:13 - the sun 1 Kings 12:31 - an house Job 7:2 - as an hireling Psalms 103:6 - executeth Malachi 3:5 - against those Romans 13:8 - Owe Ephesians 4:26 - let Ephesians 6:9 - ye Colossians 4:1 - give 1 Timothy 5:18 - The labourer

Cross-References

Genesis 11:27
This is the family history of Terah. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran was the father of Lot.
Genesis 21:14
Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a leather bag full of water. He gave them to Hagar and sent her away. Carrying these things and her son, Hagar went and wandered in the desert of Beersheba.
Genesis 24:18
Rebekah said, "Drink, sir." She quickly lowered the jar from her shoulder and gave him a drink.
Genesis 24:19
After he finished drinking, Rebekah said, "I will also pour some water for your camels."
Genesis 24:20
So she quickly poured all the water from her jar into the drinking trough for the camels. Then she kept running to the well until she had given all the camels enough to drink.
Genesis 24:23
He asked, "Who is your father? Is there a place in his house for me and my men to spend the night?"
Genesis 24:24
Rebekah answered, "My father is Bethuel, the son of Milcah and Nahor."
Genesis 24:36
Sarah, my master's wife, gave birth to a son when she was old, and my master has given everything he owns to that son.
Genesis 24:40
But he said, ‘I serve the Lord , who will send his angel with you and will help you. You will get a wife for my son from my family and my father's people.
Genesis 24:45
"Before I finished my silent prayer, Rebekah came out of the city with her water jar on her shoulder. She went down to the spring and got water. I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

At his day thou shalt give [him] his hire,.... At the close of the day, when his work is done, the hire agreed for must be paid him; and, by the same rule, all such that were hired by the week, month, or year, were to have their wages paid them at the day their time was up:

neither shall the sun go down upon it; it was to be paid before sun setting, or at it; see Leviticus 19:13;

for he [is] poor, and setteth his heart upon it; being poor, he cannot wait any longer for the payment of it; his personal and family wants are such as require immediate payment; and besides, he has been eagerly expecting it, and earnestly desiring it, that he may satisfy the craving necessities of himself and family; and therefore it would be a great balk and disappointment to him to have his wages detained:

lest he cry against thee to the Lord; having none to apply unto but him, who is the patron of the poor and needy, not being able to help himself, nor having interest in any to interpose on his behalf; and his cry, and the cry of his hire too, enter into the ears of the Lord of hosts, and is regarded by him, James 5:4;

and it be sin unto thee: be imputed to him, the guilt charged on him, and punishment inflicted for it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 24:15. He is poor, and setteth his heart upon it — How exceedingly natural is this! The poor servant who seldom sees money, yet finds from his master's affluence that it procures all the conveniences and comforts of life, longs for the time when he shall receive his wages; should his pay be delayed after the time is expired, he may naturally be expected to cry unto God against him who withholds it. See most of these subjects treated at large on Exodus 22:21-27.


 
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