Generosity in Lending and Giving
Deuteronomy 15:8
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.
- KJV
- But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
- WEB
- but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, which he lacks.
- ASV
- but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth.
- LSV
- for you certainly open your hand to him, and certainly lend him sufficiency for his lack which he lacks.
- YLT
- for thou dost certainly open thy hand to him, and dost certainly lend him sufficient for his lack which he lacketh.
- DBY
- but thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto him, and shalt certainly lend him on pledge what is sufficient for his need, [in that] which he lacketh.
- DRC
- But shalt open it to the poor man, thou shalt lend him, that which thou perceivest he hath need of.
- GNV
- But thou shalt open thine hand vnto him, and shalt lend him sufficient for his neede which he hath.
- JPS
- but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth.
- LXXE
- Thou shalt surely open thine hands to him, and shalt lend to him as much as he wants according to his need.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- כִּֽי־פָתֹ֧חַ תִּפְתַּ֛ח אֶת־יָדְךָ֖ ל֑וֹ וְהַעֲבֵט֙ תַּעֲבִיטֶ֔נּוּ דֵּ֚י מַחְסֹר֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יֶחְסַ֖ר לֽוֹ׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἀνοίγων ἀνοίξεις τὰς χεῖράς σου αὐτῷ, καὶ δάνειον δανειεῖς αὐτῷ ὅσον ἐπιδέεται, καθότι ἐνδεεῖται.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Luke 6:34And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full.
- Matthew 5:42Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).