Ezekiel 18:8
6 He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her period.
7 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.
He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.
9 He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.
10 Now suppose that man has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these things,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.
- KJV
- He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
- WEB
- he who hasn’t lent to them with interest, hasn’t taken any increase from them, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,
- ASV
- he that hath not given forth upon interest, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true justice between man and man,
- DARBY
- he hath not given forth upon usury, nor taken increase; he hath withdrawn his hand from unrighteousness, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
- BLB
- in usury he does not give, and an increase he does not take; he turns back his hand from iniquity; he does true judgment between man and man.
- ÅB
- ikke låner ut mot rente og ikke tar overmål, holder sin hånd tilbake fra urett, dømmer rett dom mann og mann imellom,
- OTB
- hvis han ikke låner ut mot rente eller tar noen fortjeneste, holder sin hånd fra urettferdighet og utøver sann rettferdighet mellom en person og en annen,
- B1930
- ikke låner ut mot rente og ikke tar overmål, holder sin hånd tilbake fra urett, dømmer rett dom mann og mann imellem,
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 contextZechariah 8:16
These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 23:19–20
Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.
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 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 contextDeuteronomy 16:18–20
You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 1:16–17
At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.
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.
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