Catholic Public Domain Version
"Instead, you shall open your hand to the poor, and you shall lend to him whatever you perceive him to need. "
— Deuteronomy 15:8, Catholic Public Domain Version
“But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.”
“but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth. ”
“but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need [in that] which he wants.”
“Instead, you must be sure to open your hand to him and generously lend him whatever he needs.”
“But shalt open it to the poor man, thou shalt lend him, that which thou perceivest he hath need of.”
“But let your hand be open to give him the use of whatever he is in need of.”
“But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.”
But only if you heed the voice of the Lord your God, and keep to all that he has ordered, that which I am entrusting to you this day, will he bless you, just as he has promised.
You shall lend money to many nations, and you yourselves shall borrow in return from no one. You shall rule over very many nations, and no one shall rule over you.
If one of your brothers, who dwells within the gates of your city, in the land which the Lord your God will give to you, falls into poverty, you shall not harden your heart, nor tighten your hand.
Instead, you shall open your hand to the poor, and you shall lend to him whatever you perceive him to need.
Take care, lest perhaps an impious thought might creep within you, and you might say in your heart: ‘The seventh year of remission approaches.’ And so you might turn your eyes away from your poor brother, unwilling to lend to him what he has asked. If so, then he may cry out against you to the Lord, and it will be a sin for you.
Instead, you shall give to him. Neither shall you do anything craftily while assisting him in his needs, so that the Lord your God may bless you, at all times and in all things to which you will put your hand.
The poor will not be absent from the land of your habitation. For this reason, I instruct you to open your hand to your indigent and poor brother, who lives among you in the land.