35" 'If one of your countrymen becomes poor and is unable to support himself among you, help him as you would an alien or a temporary resident, so he can continue to live among you.


In Context

32 " 'The Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the Levitical towns, which they possess.

33 So the property of the Levites is redeemable-that is, a house sold in any town they hold-and is to be returned in the Jubilee, because the houses in the towns of the Levites are their property among the Israelites.

34 But the pastureland belonging to their towns must not be sold; it is their permanent possession.

35 " 'If one of your countrymen becomes poor and is unable to support himself among you, help him as you would an alien or a temporary resident, so he can continue to live among you.

36 Do not take interest of any kind from him, but fear your God, so that your countryman may continue to live among you.

37 You must not lend him money at interest or sell him food at a profit.

Leviticus 25:35 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:35And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: [yea, though he be] a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

25:35If thy brother be impoverished, and weak of hand, and thou receive him as a stranger and sojourner, and he live with thee,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:35And if thy brother be waxed poor, and his hand fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: as a stranger and a sojourner shall he live with thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:35And if thy brother grow poor, and he be fallen into decay beside thee, then thou shalt relieve him, be he stranger or sojourner, that he may live beside thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:35And if thy brother be waxen poor, and his hand fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: as a stranger and a sojourner shall he live with thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:35And if thy brother shall have become poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he may be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:35|'If your brother has become poor, and his hand can't support him among you; then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:35'And when thy brother is become poor, and his hand hath failed with thee, then thou hast kept hold on him, sojourner and settler, and he hath lived with thee;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:35And if your brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with you; then you shall relieve him: yes, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with you.