KJV King James Version
Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
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Deuteronomy 23:20
Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You may charge a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything to which you put your hand in the land that you are entering to possess.
WEB World English Bible
to a foreigner you may lend on interest; but to your brother you shall not lend on interest, that Yahweh your God may bless you in all that you put your hand to, in the land where you go in to possess it.
ASV American Standard Version
Unto a foreigner thou mayest lend upon interest; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon interest, that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all that thou puttest thy hand unto, in the land whither thou goest in to possess it.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
To a stranger thou mayest lend in usury, and to thy brother thou dost not lend in usury, so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in every putting forth of thy hand on the land whither thou goest in to possess it.
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 23
17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these [are] abomination unto the LORD thy God.
19 Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
20 Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
21 When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; [even] a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.
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לַנָּכְרִ֣יH5237 · nokh.riforeignתַשִּׁ֔יךְH5391 · na.shakhto biteוּלְאָחִ֖יךָH251 · achbrother: male-siblingלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotתַשִּׁ֑יךְH5391 · na.shakhto biteלְמַ֨עַןH4616 · ma.anbecauseיְבָרֶכְךָ֜H1288 · ba.rakhto blessיְהוָ֣הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהֶ֗יךָH430 · e.lo.himGodבְּכֹל֙H3605 · kolallמִשְׁלַ֣חH4916 · mish.lachsendingיָדֶ֔ךָH3027 · yadhandעַל־H5921 · aluponהָאָ֕רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichאַתָּ֥הH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)בָא־H935 · boto come (in): comeשָׁ֖מָּהH8033 · shamthereלְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ סH3423 · ya.rashto possess: possess
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 15:10Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.Deuteronomy 15:3Of a foreigner thou mayest exact [it again]: but [that] which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;Luke 14:14And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.Deuteronomy 14:21Ye shall not eat [of] any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that [is] in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.Isaiah 1:19If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:Proverbs 19:17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.Deuteronomy 28:12The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.Leviticus 19:33-34And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
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