Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

If you lend money to one of My people who is poor beside you, you shall not be to him as a money-lender, neither shall you lay upon him interest.

New American Standard Bible

If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest.

King James Version

If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

Holman Bible

“If you lend money to My people, to the poor person among you, you must not be like a moneylender to him; you must not charge him interest.

International Standard Version

"If you loan money to my people, to the poor among you, don't be like a creditor to them and don't impose interest on them.

A Conservative Version

If thou lend money to any of my people with thee who is poor, thou shall not be to him as a creditor, neither shall ye lay upon him interest.

American Standard Version

If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest.

Amplified

“If you lend money to any one of My people with you who is poor, you shall not act as a creditor (professional moneylender) to him; you shall not charge him interest.

Bible in Basic English

If you let any of the poor among my people have the use of your money, do not be a hard creditor to him, and do not take interest.

Darby Translation

if thou lend money to my people, the poor with thee,thou shalt not be to him as a usurer: ye shall charge him no interest.

Julia Smith Translation

If thou shalt lend silver to my people being poor with thee, thou shalt not be to him, as lending; ye shall not put interest upon him.

King James 2000

If you lend money to any of my people who is poor among you, you shall not be to him as a lender, neither shall you charge him interest.

Lexham Expanded Bible

" 'If you lend money [to] my people, [to] the needy with you, you will not be to him as a creditor; you will not {charge him interest}.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be as an usurer unto him, neither shalt oppress him with usury.

NET Bible

"If you lend money to any of my people who are needy among you, do not be like a moneylender to him; do not charge him interest.

New Heart English Bible

"If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest.

The Emphasized Bible

If, silver, thou wilt lend unto my people - unto the humbled one by thee, thou shalt not be to him like one that lendeth on interest, - thou shalt not lay upon him interest.

Webster

If thou shalt lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

World English Bible

"If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest.

Youngs Literal Translation

'If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
If thou lend
לוה 
Lavah 
Usage: 26

כּסף 
Keceph 
Usage: 403

to any of my people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

that is poor
עני 
`aniy 
Usage: 75

by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer
נשׁה 
Nashah 
Usage: 12

שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 580

Context Readings

Regulations Regarding Foreigners And The Poor

24 And My wrath shall become hot, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows, and your sons fatherless. 25 If you lend money to one of My people who is poor beside you, you shall not be to him as a money-lender, neither shall you lay upon him interest. 26 If you at all take your neighbor's clothing as a pledge, you shall deliver it to him by the time the sun goes down.


Cross References

Psalm 15:5

he has not put out his money at interest, nor has he taken a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall not be moved forever.

Leviticus 25:35-37

And if your brother has become poor, and his hand has failed with you, then you shall help him; yes, even if he is a stranger or a tenant, so that he may live with you.

Deuteronomy 23:19-20

You shall not lend for interest to your brother, interest of silver, interest of food, interest of anything that is loaned on interest.

Ezekiel 18:8

he has not given out on usury, nor has taken any increase, he has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has done judgment between man and man,

Nehemiah 5:7

And my heart within myself ruled, and I rebuked the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, You exact interest, each one from his brother. And I held a great gathering against them.

Proverbs 28:8

He who increases his wealth by interest and unjust gain, he shall gather it for him who will pity the poor.

Ezekiel 18:17

has withdrawn his hand from the poor; has not received usury nor increase; has done My judgments; has walked in My statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father; he shall surely live.

2 Kings 4:1

And a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead. And you know that your servant feared Jehovah. And the lender has come to take my two children to himself for slaves.

2 Kings 4:7

And she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil and pay your debt, and you and your sons shall live from the rest.

Nehemiah 5:2-5

For certain ones said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many. Let us get grain for them, so that we may eat and live.

Nehemiah 5:10-11

And also I, my brothers and my servants, might take from them silver and grain. Please let us leave this lending at interest.

Jeremiah 15:10

Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not loaned, nor have men loaned to me; yet every one curses me.

Ezekiel 18:13

has loaned on usury; and has taken increase; shall he then live? He shall not live! He has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be on him.

Ezekiel 22:12

In you they have taken bribes to shed blood. You have taken usury and increase, and you gained by extortion of your neighbors, and you have forgotten Me, says the Lord Jehovah.

Matthew 25:27

then you should have put my money to the exchangers, and coming I would have received my own with interest.

Luke 19:23

And why did you not give my silver on the bank table, and coming I might have exacted it with interest?

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