Leviticus Chapter 25 verse 36 Holy Bible
Take thou no interest of him or increase, but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
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Take no interest from him, in money or in goods, but have the fear of your God before you, and let your brother make a living among you.
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Thou shalt take no usury nor increase of him; and thou shalt fear thy God; that thy brother may live beside thee.
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Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
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Take thou no interest of him, or increase; but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
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Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God; that your brother may live among you.
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thou takest no usury from him, or increase; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; and thy brother hath lived with thee;
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(36) Take thou no usury of him, or increase.--The first thing to be done to the impoverished Israelite is to supply him with the means to recover himself without any interest. The authorities during the second Temple defined the words which are translated "usury" (nesheck) and "increase" (tarbith, or marbith) as follows: If a person lends to another a shekel worth four denarii, and gets in return five denarii, or if he lends him two sacks of wheat, and receives back three, this is usury. If one buys wheat for delivery at the market price of 25 denarii a measure, and when it rises to 30 denarii he says to the vendor, "Deliver me the wheat, for I want to sell it and buy wine," and the vendor replies," I will take the wheat at 30 denarii and give thee wine for it," though he has no wine, this is increase. The "increase" lies in the fact that the vendor has no wine at the time, and that he may possibly lose again by the rise in wine. Accordingly the former is a charge upon money, whilst the latter is on products.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewDo notאַל־ (’al-)AdverbStrong's 408: Nottakeתִּקַּ֤ח (tiq·qaḥ)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 3947: To takeany interestנֶ֣שֶׁךְ (ne·šeḵ)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 5392: Interest on a, debtor profitוְתַרְבִּ֔ית (wə·ṯar·bîṯ)Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 8635: Multiplication, progenyfrom him,מֵֽאִתּוֹ֙ (mê·’it·tōw)Preposition-m | Direct object marker | third person masculine singularStrong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative casebut fearוְיָרֵ֖אתָ (wə·yā·rê·ṯā)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frightenyour God,מֵֽאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ (mê·’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā)Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlativethat your countrymanאָחִ֖יךָ (’ā·ḥî·ḵā)Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 251: A brother, )may liveוְחֵ֥י (wə·ḥê)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 2421: To live, to reviveamong you.עִמָּֽךְ׃ (‘im·māḵ)Preposition | second person feminine singularStrong's 5973: With, equally withJump to PreviousAfraid Continue Countryman Fear Goods Increase Interest Kind Live Money Profit Revere Usury
