Deutéronome 15:3

3 Tu pourras presser l'étranger; mais si tu as affaire avec ton frère, tu lui donneras du relâche,

Deutéronome 15:3 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 15:3

Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again
Either on the seventh year, or after it:

but that which is thine with thy brother, thine hand shall release;
a debt that lies between them, where the one is the creditor, and the other debtor, the creditor shall freely and fully forgive the debtor. So those only are released or forgiven by the Lord who are his own, whom he has reserved for himself, or chosen to everlasting life; who are interested in the covenant of his grace, one article in which is the forgiveness of sins; and who are redeemed by the blood of Christ, a branch of which redemption is remission of sin; and who are called by grace, and believe in Christ, to whom pardon of sins is promised; but those who are foreigners and strangers, and are not the Lord's chosen, redeemed, and called people, have no share in this blessing of grace; nor such who are rich in their own esteem, and need nothing; but those who are poor and unable to pay their debts, and are sensible of their spiritual poverty, and apply to the Lord for the forgiveness of their sins.

Deutéronome 15:3 In-Context

1 De sept en sept ans tu feras l'année de relâche.
2 Et voici comment se fera l'année de relâche. Que tout créancier se relâche de son droit sur ce qu'il a prêté à son prochain, qu'il ne presse point son prochain et son frère, quand on aura proclamé l'année de relâche à l'honneur de l'Éternel.
3 Tu pourras presser l'étranger; mais si tu as affaire avec ton frère, tu lui donneras du relâche,
4 Afin qu'il n'y ait point de pauvre chez toi. Car l'Éternel te bénira certainement dans le pays que l'Éternel ton Dieu te donne en héritage pour le posséder,
5 Pourvu seulement que tu obéisses à la voix de l'Éternel ton Dieu, pour prendre garde à pratiquer tous ces commandements que je te prescris aujourd'hui.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.