Deuteronomy 15:8
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.
In context
6 When the LORD your God blesses you as He has promised, you will lend to many nations but borrow from none; you will rule over many nations but be ruled by none.
7 If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.
8 Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.
9 Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
10 Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand.
Deuteronomy 15:8 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.
- KJV King James Version
- But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
- WEB World English Bible
- but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, which he lacks.
- ASV American Standard Version
- but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- for thou dost certainly open thy hand to him, and dost certainly lend him sufficient for his lack which he lacketh.
- DBY Darby Translation
- 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.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But thou shalt open thy hand wide to him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.