KJV 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.
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Exodus 22:25
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.
WEB 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.
ASV 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.
YLT Young’s 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;
Surrounding context — Exodus 22
22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
25 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.
26 If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
27 For that [is] his covering only, it [is] his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I [am] gracious.
28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אִם־H518 · imifכֶּ֣סֶף׀H3701 · ke.sephsilver: moneyתַּלְוֶ֣הH3867 · la.vahto joinאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עַמִּ֗יH5971 · ampeopleאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הֶֽעָנִי֙H6041 · a.niafflictedעִמָּ֔ךְH5973 · imwithלֹא־H3808 · lonotתִהְיֶ֥הH1961 · ha.yahto beל֖וֹH9033 · ohimכְּנֹשֶׁ֑הH5383 · na.shahto lendלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotתְשִׂימ֥וּןH7760 · sumto set: makeעָלָ֖יוH5921 · aluponנֶֽשֶׁךְ׃H5392 · ne.shekhinterest
Cross-references
Leviticus 25:35-37And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: [yea, though he be] a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.Psalm 15:5[He that] putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these [things] shall never be moved.Deuteronomy 23:19-20Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:Ezekiel 18:8He [that] hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, [that] hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,Proverbs 28:8He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.Nehemiah 5:7Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.Ezekiel 18:17[That] hath taken off his hand from the poor, [that] hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.Nehemiah 5:10-11I likewise, [and] my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.Nehemiah 5:2-5For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, [are] many: therefore we take up corn [for them], that we may eat, and live.Ezekiel 18:13Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.2 Kings 4:7Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.2 Kings 4:1Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.Jeremiah 15:10Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; [yet] every one of them doth curse me.Luke 19:23Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?Matthew 25:27Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and [then] at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.Ezekiel 22:12In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
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