8Rather be openhanded and freely lend him whatever he needs.


In Context

5 if only you fully obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow all these commands I am giving you today.

6 For the Lord your God will bless you as he has promised, and you will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. You will rule over many nations but none will rule over you.

7 If there is a poor man among your brothers in any of the towns of the land that the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother.

8 Rather be openhanded and freely lend him whatever he needs.

9 Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought: "The seventh year, the year for canceling debts, is near," so that you do not show ill will toward your needy brother and give him nothing. He may then appeal to the Lord against you, and you will be found guilty of sin.

10 Give generously to him and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to.

Deuteronomy 15:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:8But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, [in that] which he wanteth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:8But shalt open it to the poor man, thou shalt lend him, that which thou perceivest he hath need of.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:8but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:8but 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:8but thou shalt surely open thine hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:8But thou shalt open thy hand wide to him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:8but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need [in that] which he wants.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:8for thou dost certainly open thy hand to him, and dost certainly lend him sufficient for his lack which he lacketh.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:8But you shall open your hand wide to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wants.