Deuteronomy 15:7–8
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The Spirit of Liberality
15:7If a fellow Israelite13 from one of your villages14 in the land that the Lord your God is giving you should be poor, you must not harden your heart or be insensitive15 to his impoverished condition.1615:8Instead, you must be sure to open your hand to him and generously lend17 him whatever he needs.18
Footnotes
- 13 Heb “one of your brothers” (so ); “one of your kinsmen”; “a member of your community.” See the note at v. .
- 14 Heb “gates.”
- 15 Heb “withdraw your hand.” Cf. “hardhearted or tightfisted” ( and similar).
- 16 Heb “from your needy brother.”
- 17 The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute before both verbs. The translation indicates the emphasis with the words “be sure to” and “generously,” respectively.
- 18 Heb “whatever his need that he needs for himself.” This redundant expression has been simplified in the translation for stylistic reasons.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
“If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother, but you shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his need, whatever it may be.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
If anyone is poor among your fellow Israelites in any of the towns of the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward them. Rather, be openhanded and freely lend them whatever they need.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
“If there is a poor person among you, one of your brothers within any of your city gates in the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother. Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him enough for whatever need he has.
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NLTNew Living Translation
“But if there are any poor Israelites in your towns when you arrive in the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hard-hearted or tightfisted toward them. Instead, be generous and lend them whatever they need.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
If there is a poor person among you from among one of your brothers in one of your towns that Yahweh your God is giving to you, you shall not harden your heart, and you shall not shut your hand toward your brother who is poor. But you shall certainly open your hand for him, and you shall willingly lend to him enough to meet his need, whatever it is.
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KJV 1900King James Version
If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
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