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Exodus 22:25
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If thou lende money to my people, that is, to the poore with thee, thou shalt not bee as an vsurer vnto him: yee shall not oppresse him with vsurie.
If you lend money to any of my people who are the poor among you, you shall not be to him as an usurer, neither shall you take any usury from him.
"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.
"If you loan money to any of my people, that is, the poor among you, don't be like a moneylender and charge them interest.
"If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him.
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.
If you let any of the poor among my people have the use of your money, do not be a hard creditor to him, and do not take interest.
Don't charge interest when you lend money to any of my people who are in need.
If you take your neighbor's coat as collateral, you are to restore it to him by sundown,
—If thou lend money to my people, the poor with thee, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer: ye shall charge him no interest.
If thou at all take thy neighbour's garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him by that the sun goeth down;
If thou lend money to any of my people that is poore by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an vsurer, neither shalt thou lay vpon him vsurie.
"If you lend money to any one of My people with you who is poor, you shall not act as a creditor (professional moneylender) to him; you shall not charge him interest.
And if thou shouldest lend money to thy poor brother who is by thee, thou shalt not be hard upon him thou shalt not exact usury of him.
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 usury.
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 any interest.
"‘If you lend money to my people, to the needy with you, you will not be to him as a creditor; you will not charge him interest.
If you lend money to My people, the poor with you, you shall not be as a money-lender to him; you shall not put interest on him.
"If you lend money to one of my people who is poor, do not treat him as a moneylender would. Charge him nothing for using your money.
"If you lend money to any of my people who are needy among you, do not be like a moneylender to him; do not charge him interest.
"If you lend money to any of My people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him interest.
"If you lend money to any of my people who are in need, do not charge interest as a money lender would.
"If you let any of the poor among My people use your money, do not act toward him like one who is owed money. And do not make him pay you for the use of it.
If, silver, thou wilt lend unto my people - unto the humbled one by thee, thou shalt not be to him like one that lendeth on interest, - thou shalt not lay upon him interest.
If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor, that dwelleth with thee, thou shalt not be hard upon them as an extortioner, nor oppress them with usuries.
"If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor, and you shall not exact interest from him.
"If you lend money to any of my people who are poor, do not act like a moneylender and require him to pay interest.
If thou yyuest money to loone to my pore puple, that dwellith with thee, thou schalt not constreyne hym, as an extorsioner doith, nether thou schalt oppresse hym by vsuris.
`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;
"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.
If you lend money to any of my people with you that is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you lay on him interest.
If thou shalt lend money to [any of] my people [that is] poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
If thou lende money to any of my people that is poore by thee, thou shalt not be as a tiraunt vnto him, neither shalt thou lay vpon him vsurie.
“If you lend silver to my people, to the poor person among you, you must not be like a creditor to him; you must not charge him interest.
Yf thou lende money vnto my people that is poore by the, thou shalt not behaue thyself as an vsurer vnto him, nether shalt thou oppresse him with vsury.
"If you lend money to my people, to any of the down-and-out among you, don't come down hard on them and gouge them with interest.
"If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest.
If you lend money to my people, to the poor among you, you shall not deal with them as a creditor; you shall not exact interest from them.
"If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest.
"If you lend money to My people, to the afflicted among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Leviticus 25:35-37, Deuteronomy 23:19, Deuteronomy 23:20, 2 Kings 4:1, 2 Kings 4:7, Nehemiah 5:2-5, Nehemiah 5:7, Nehemiah 5:10, Nehemiah 5:11, Psalms 15:5, Proverbs 28:8, Jeremiah 15:10, Ezekiel 18:8, Ezekiel 18:17, Matthew 25:27, Luke 19:23
Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:36 - usury Deuteronomy 15:3 - General Proverbs 29:13 - meet Ezekiel 22:12 - thou hast
Gill's Notes on the Bible
If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, c,] Such only need to borrow money, and to whom it should be freely lent, when it may be to the good of the borrower, and not any injury to the lender: this law, according to the Jewish writers, only respects Israelites, and not Gentiles agreeably to which is Jarchi's note,
"if thou lend, that is, not to a Gentile; and to which of my people? the poor, and to which of the poor? that is with thee:''
thou shalt not be to him as an usurer; that will not lend without usury, nor without an exorbitant interest, and deals very hardly with the borrower if he is not punctual in the payment of it; the Israelites were not only not to be usurers, but they were not to be like them; they were not to require anything for lending a poor man a little money; as not any settled interest, so neither were they to take any previous gift or reward later, see Luke 6:34
neither shalt thou lay upon him usury; or oblige him to give interest for money borrowed: it is in the plural, number, "neither shall ye lay"; and Aben Ezra observes, that the lender, scribe, and witness, all transgress this law; that is, when a man lends money on interest, and a bond is made by the scribe for it, and this signed by witnesses, all are guilty of the breach of it: yea, some Jewish writers h say, not only those, but whoever is a surety or bondsman for the payment, and even the borrower himself, Luke 6:34- :.
h Misn. Bava Metzia, c. 5. sect. 11. Maimon. & Bartenora in ib.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
See the notes at Leviticus 25:35-43; compare Deuteronomy 23:19.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Exodus 22:25. Neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. — × ×©× neshech, from nashach, to bite, cut, or pierce with the teeth; biting usury. So the Latins call it usura vorax, devouring usury. "The increase of usury is called × ×©× neshech, because it resembles the biting of a serpent; for as this is so small as scarcely to be perceptible at first, but the venom soon spreads and diffuses itself till it reaches the vitals, so the increase of usury, which at first is not perceived nor felt, at length grows so much as by degrees to devour another's substance." - Leigh.
It is evident that what is here said must be understood of accumulated usury, or what we call compound interest only; and accordingly × ×©× neshech is mentioned with and distinguished from תר××× tarbith and ×ר××× marbith, interest or simple interest, Leviticus 25:36-37; Proverbs 28:8; Ezekiel 18:8, Ezekiel 18:13, Ezekiel 18:17, and Exodus 22:12. - Parkhurst.
Perhaps usury may be more properly defined unlawful interest, receiving more for the loan of money than it is really worth, and more than the law allows. It is a wise regulation in the laws of England, that if a man be convicted of usury - taking unlawful interest, the bond or security is rendered void, and he forfeits treble the sum borrowed. Against such an oppressive practice the wisdom of God saw it essentially necessary to make a law to prevent a people, who were naturally what our Lord calls the Pharisees, ÏιλαÏÎ³Ï Ïοι, lovers of money, (Luke 16:14), from oppressing each other; and who, notwithstanding the law in the text, practise usury in all places of their dispersion to the present day.
