Deuteronomy 23:19
17 No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.
18 You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.
Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.
20 You may charge a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything to which you put your hand in the land that you are entering to possess.
21 If you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not be slow to keep it, because He will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.
- KJV
- Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
- WEB
- You shall not lend on interest to your brother: interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest.
- ASV
- Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother; interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of anything that is lent upon interest:
- DARBY
- Thou shalt take no interest of thy brother, interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of anything that can be lent upon interest:
- BLB
- Do not lend in usury to your brother—usury of silver, usury of food, usury of anything that is lent on usury.
- ÅB
- Du skal ikke ta rente av din bror, hverken av penger eller av matvarer eller av noen annen ting som der tas rente av.
- OTB
- Ikke krev renter fra en medisraelitt, enten det er på penger, mat eller noe annet som kan gi renter.
- B1930
- Du skal ikke ta rente av din bror, hverken av penger eller av matvarer eller av nogen annen ting som der tas rente av.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 22:25
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.
Read in contextPsalms 15:5
who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
Read in contextLeviticus 25:35–37
Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.
Read in contextEzekiel 18:7–8
He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
Read in contextLuke 6:34–35
And 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.
Read in contextEzekiel 18:16–18
He does not oppress another, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
Read in contextEzekiel 18:13
He engages in usury and takes excess interest. Will this son live? He will not! Since he has committed all these abominations, he will surely die; his blood will be on his own head.
Read in contextEzekiel 22:12
In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.
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