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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.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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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).

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