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Deuteronomy 24:20

When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

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כִּ֤יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…תַחְבֹּט֙tachbotbeatחָבַטverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “beat”, an unfinished actionH2251to knock out or offbeat (off, out), thresh.זֵֽיתְךָ֔zeytkhaoliveזַיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “olive”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2132an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berryolive (tree, -yard), Olivet.לֹ֥אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…תְפָאֵ֖רtefaerboast selfפָּאַרverb, piel, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “boast self”, an unfinished actionH6286to gleam, i.e. (causatively) embellish; figuratively, to boast; also to explain (i.e. make clear) oneself; to shake a treebeautify, boast self, go over the boughs, glorify (self), glory, vaunt self.אַחֲרֶ֑יךָachareykhaafterאַחַרpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “after”H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, [phrase] out (over) live, [phrase] persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, the…לַגֵּ֛רlagerto alienגֵּרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to alien”, the ordinary formH1616properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigneralien, sojourner, stranger.לַיָּת֥וֹםlayatomto fatherlessיָתוֹםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to fatherless”, the ordinary formH3490a bereaved personfatherless (child), orphan.וְלָאַלְמָנָ֖הvelaalmanahand to desolate houseאַלְמָנָהconjunction, preposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and to desolate house”, the ordinary formH490a widow; also a desolate placedesolate house (palace), widow.יִהְיֶֽהyihyehbeהָיָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be”, an unfinished actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

When thou beatest thine olive-tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

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American Standard Version (1901)

When thou beatest thine olive-tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

Young’s Literal Translation

'When thou beatest thine olive, thou dost not examine the branch behind thee; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, it is.

World English Bible

When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs again. It shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

Darby Translation

When thou shakest thine olive-tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

Douay-Rheims

If thou have gathered the fruit of thy olive trees, thou shalt not return to gather whatsoever remaineth on the trees: but shalt leave it for the stranger, for the fatherless, and the widow.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

When thou beatest thine olive-tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And if thou shouldest gather thine olives, thou shalt not return to collect the remainder; it shall be for the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, and thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt; therefore I command thee to do this thing.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐὰν δὲ ἐλαιολογῇς, οὐκ ἐπαναστρέψεις καλαμήσασθαι τὰ ὀπίσω σου· τῷ προσηλύτῳ καὶ τῷ ὀρφανῷ καὶ τῇ χήρᾳ ἔσται· καὶ μνησθήσῃ ὅτι οἰκέτης ἦσθα ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ· διὰ τοῦτο ἐγώ σοι ἐντέλλομαι ποιεῖν τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο.