Leviticus 25:37

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

Leviticus 25:37 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
English Standard Version (ESV)
37 You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.
New Living Translation (NLT)
37 Remember, do not charge interest on money you lend him or make a profit on food you sell him.
The Message Bible (MSG)
37 Don't take advantage of his plight by running up big interest charges on his loans, and don't give him food for profit.
American Standard Version (ASV)
37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
37 Never collect any kind of interest on your money or on the food you give them.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
37 You are not to lend him your silver with interest or sell [him] your food for profit.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
37 If you lend him money, you must not charge him interest. And you must not sell him food for more than it cost you.

Leviticus 25:37 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 25:37

Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury
Lend him money, expecting and insisting upon a large interest for it; this is to be understood of persons in poor and necessitous circumstances, of which the text only speaks; otherwise, if persons borrow money to gain by it, to carry on a greater trade, or to make purchase with it, it is but reasonable that the lender should have a share of profit arising from thence: nor lend him thy victuals for increase;
by which it should seem that those two words, used in ( Leviticus 25:36 ) , though in the main they signify the same thing, yet may be distinguished, the one as concerning money, the other food; and which latter is not to be given by way of loan to a person in want of it, but freely; as for instance, if a man gives a poor man a bushel of wheat, on condition he gives him two for it hereafter, this is lending or giving his victuals for increase.

Leviticus 25:37 In-Context

35 “ ‘If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and are unable to support themselves among you, help them as you would a foreigner and stranger, so they can continue to live among you.
36 Do not take interest or any profit from them, but fear your God, so that they may continue to live among you.
37 You must not lend them money at interest or sell them food at a profit.
38 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.
39 “ ‘If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves.

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