19Do not charge your brother interest, whether on money or food or anything else that may earn interest.


In Context

16 Let him live among you wherever he likes and in whatever town he chooses. Do not oppress him.

17 No Israelite man or woman is to become a shrine prostitute.

18 You must not bring the earnings of a female prostitute or of a male prostitute into the house of the Lord your God to pay any vow, because the Lord your God detests them both.

19 Do not charge your brother interest, whether on money or food or anything else that may earn interest.

20 You may charge a foreigner interest, but not a brother Israelite, so that the Lord your God may bless you in everything you put your hand to in the land you are entering to possess.

21 If you make a vow to the Lord your God, do not be slow to pay it, for the Lord your God will certainly demand it of you and you will be guilty of sin.

Deuteronomy 23:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:19Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:19Thou shalt not lend to thy brother money to usury, nor corn, nor any other thing:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:19Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother; interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of anything that is lent upon interest:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:19Thou shalt take no interest of thy brother, interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of anything that can be lent upon interest:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:19Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:19Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother; interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of any thing that is lent upon interest:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:19You shall not lend on interest to your brother; interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:19'Thou dost not lend in usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of food, usury of anything which is lent on usury.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:19You shall not lend on usury to your brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent on usury: