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Myles Coverdale Bible

Leviticus 25:36

and thou shalt take no vsury of him, ner more then thou hast geue, but shalt feare thy God, that thy brother maye lyue besydes the.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Beneficence;   Creditor;   Debtor;   Fear of God;   Interest;   Jubilee;   Lending;   Poor;   Servant;   Strangers;   Usury;   Thompson Chain Reference - Business Life;   Credit System;   Usury;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Creditors;   Poor, the;   Usury or Interest;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Debtor;   Jubilee;   Poor;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Justice;   Lending;   Poor;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Amos, Theology of;   Jubilee, Year of;   Money;   Poor and Poverty, Theology of;   Ruth, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Loan;   Usury;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Agriculture;   Jubilee;   King;   Pentateuch;   Usury;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Banking;   Borrow;   Festivals;   Interest;   Justice;   Leviticus;   Loan;   Number Systems and Number Symbolism;   Pentateuch;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Congregation, Assembly;   Crimes and Punishments;   Debt;   Deuteronomy;   Hexateuch;   Holiness;   Law;   Leviticus;   Poverty;   Priests and Levites;   Sabbatical Year;   Sanctification, Sanctify;   Usury, Interest, Increase;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Corban;   Interest;   Trade and Commerce;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jubilee;   Usury;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Feasts;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jubilee;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Usury,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Usury;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Borrowing;   Interest;   Lend;   Oded;   Poor;   Usury;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Agrarian law;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Baba Meẓi'a;   Brother;   Life;   Ransom;   Usury;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Take no interest of him or increase, but fear your God; that your brother may live with you.
King James Version
Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
Lexham English Bible
You must not take interest or usury from him, but you shall revere your God, and your countryman shall live with you.
New Century Version
Do not charge him any interest on money you loan to him, but respect your God; let the poor live among you.
New English Translation
Do not take interest or profit from him, but you must fear your God and your brother must live with you.
Amplified Bible
'Do not charge him usurious interest, but fear your God [with profound reverence], so your countryman may [continue to] live among you.
New American Standard Bible
'Do not take any kind of interest from him, but fear your God, so that your countryman may live with you.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou shalt take no vsurie of him, nor vantage, but thou shalt feare thy God, that thy brother may liue with thee.
Legacy Standard Bible
Do not take usurious interest from him, but fear your God, that your brother may live with you.
Contemporary English Version
Don't take advantage of them by charging any kind of interest or selling them food for profit. Instead, honor me by letting them stay where they now live.
Complete Jewish Bible
Do not charge him interest or otherwise profit from him, but fear your God, so that your brother can continue living with you.
Darby Translation
Thou shalt take no usury nor increase of him; and thou shalt fear thy God; that thy brother may live beside thee.
Easy-to-Read Version
Don't charge them any interest on money you might loan to them. Respect your God and let those from your own country live with you.
English Standard Version
Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God, that your brother may live beside you.
George Lamsa Translation
You shall not take a discount of him or usury; but fear your God, that your brother may live with you.
Good News Translation
Do not charge Israelites any interest, but obey God and let them live near you.
Christian Standard Bible®
Do not profit or take interest from him, but fear your God and let your brother live among you.
Literal Translation
You shall take no interest or increase from him, and you shall fear your God; and the life of your brother is with you.
American Standard Version
Take thou no interest of him or increase, but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
Bible in Basic English
Take no interest from him, in money or in goods, but have the fear of your God before you, and let your brother make a living among you.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And thou shalt take none vsurie of hym, or vantage: but thou shalt feare thy God, that thy brother may lyue with thee.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Take thou no interest of him or increase; but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
King James Version (1611)
Take thou no vsurie of him, or increase: but feare thy God, that thy brother may liue with thee.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thou shalt not receive from him interest, nor increase: and thou shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord: and thy brother shall live with thee.
English Revised Version
Take thou no usury of him or increase; but fear thy God: that thy brother may live with thee.
Berean Standard Bible
Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
take thou not vsuris of hym, nether more than thou hast youe; drede thou thi God, that thi brothir mai lyue anentis thee.
Young's Literal Translation
thou takest no usury from him, or increase; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; and thy brother hath lived with thee;
Update Bible Version
Take no interest of him or increase, but fear your God; that your brother may live with you.
Webster's Bible Translation
Take thou no interest of him, or increase; but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
World English Bible
Take no interest of him or increase, but fear your God; that your brother may live with you.
New King James Version
Take no usury or interest from him; but fear your God, that your brother may live with you.
New Living Translation
Do not charge interest or make a profit at his expense. Instead, show your fear of God by letting him live with you as your relative.
New Life Bible
Do not make him pay for the use of the money he owes you. But fear your God, so your brother may live with you.
New Revised Standard
Do not take interest in advance or otherwise make a profit from them, but fear your God; let them live with you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Do not accept from him interest or profit, but stand thou in awe of thy God, - so shall thy brother live with thee.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Take not usury of him nor more than thou gavest. Fear thy God, that thy brother may live with thee.
Revised Standard Version
Take no interest from him or increase, but fear your God; that your brother may live beside you.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Do not take usurious interest from him, but revere your God, that your countryman may live with you.

Contextual Overview

23 Therfore shall ye not sell the londe for euer, for the lode is myne. And ye are straungers and indwellers before me. 24 And in all youre lande shall ye geue the londe to lowse. 25 Whan thy brother waxeth poore, and selleth ye his possession, and his nexte kynßma commeth to him, yt he maye redeme it: then shall he redeme that his brother solde. 26 But whan a man hath none to redeme it, and ca get so moch with his hande as to redeme one parte, 27 then shall it be rekened how many yeares it hath bene solde, and the remnaunt shal be restored vnto him to whom he solde it, yt he maie come agayne to his possession. 28 But yf his hande can not get so moch, as to haue one parte agayne, the shal it yt he solde be styll in the hande of the byer vntyll ye yeare of Iubilye: In ye same shal it go out, and returne to his owner agayne. 29 He that selleth a dwellinge house within the walles of the cite, hath an whole yeare respyte to lowse it out agayne: that shall be the tyme, wherin he maye redeme it. 30 But yf he redeme it not a fore the whole yeare be out then shal he that bought it, and his successours kepe it for euer, and it shall not go out lowse in the yeare of Iubylie. 31 Neuertheles yf it be an house in a vyllage that hath no wall aboute it, it shall be counted like vnto the felde of the coutre, and maye be redemed and shal go out fre in the yeare of Iubilye. 32 The cities of the Leuites, and the houses in the cities that their possession is in, maye allwaye be redemed.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

usury: Exodus 22:25, Deuteronomy 23:19, Deuteronomy 23:20, Nehemiah 5:7-10, Psalms 15:5, Proverbs 28:8, Ezekiel 18:8, Ezekiel 18:13, Ezekiel 18:17, Ezekiel 22:12

fear: Leviticus 25:17, Nehemiah 5:9, Nehemiah 5:15

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Take thou no usury of him, or increase,.... Not only give him somewhat for his present relief, but lend him money to put him in a way of business, to get his living for the future, without requiring any interest for it; :-;

but fear thy God; who has given this command, and expects to be obeyed; and who is good, and does good, and should be feared for his goodness' sake; and is omniscient, and knows what is secretly exacted, and will not suffer any exorbitance of this kind to pass unpunished:

that thy brother may live with thee; which it would be still more difficult for him to do, should usury and increase be taken of him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 36. Take thou no usury of him — Usury, at present, signifies unlawful interest for money. Properly, it means the reward or compensation given for the use of a thing, but is principally spoken of money. For the definition of the original term, Exodus 22:25; Exodus 22:25.


 
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