Deuteronomy 23:20
You may charge a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything to which you put your hand in the land that you are entering to possess.
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ASV
Unto a foreigner thou mayest lend upon interest; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon interest, that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all that thou puttest thy hand unto, in the land whither thou goest in to possess it.
KJV
Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
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19 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| לַנָּכְרִ֣י | la.na.khe.Ri | to the foreigner | H5237 → |
| תַשִּׁ֔יךְ | ta.Shikh | you will charge interest | H5391 → |
| וּלְאָחִ֖יךָ | u.le.'a.Chi.kha | and to countryman your | H251 → |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| תַשִּׁ֑יךְ | ta.Shikh | you will charge interest | H5391 → |
| לְמַ֨עַן | le.Ma.'an | so that | H4616 → |
| יְבָרֶכְךָ֜ | ye.va.rekh.Kha | he may bless you | H1288 → |
| יְהוָ֣ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ | 'e.lo.Hei.kha | God your | H430 → |
| בְּכֹל֙ | be.Khol | in every | H3605 → |
| מִשְׁלַ֣ח | mish.Lach | <the> undertaking of | H4916 → |
| יָדֶ֔ךָ | ya.De.kha | hand your | H3027 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5921 → |
| הָאָ֕רֶץ | ha.'A.retz | the land | H776 → |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | 'a.Sher- | where | H834 → |
| אַתָּ֥ה | 'a.Tah | you | H859 → |
| בָא־ | va'- | [are] about to go | H935 → |
| שָׁ֖מָּה | Sha.mah | there towards | H8033 → |
| לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ ס | le.rish.Tah | to take possession of it | H3423 → |
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