Parallel Verses

Webster

For the poor shall never cease from the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thy hand wide to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

New American Standard Bible

For the poor will never cease to be in the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy and poor in your land.’

King James Version

For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

Holman Bible

For there will never cease to be poor people in the land; that is why I am commanding you, ‘You must willingly open your hand to your afflicted and poor brother in your land.’

International Standard Version

Since poor people won't cease to exist in the land, therefore I'm commanding you: Be sure to be generous to your poor and needy relatives in your land."

A Conservative Version

For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shall surely open thy hand to thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.

American Standard Version

For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.

Amplified

For the poor will never cease to be in the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor in your land.’

Bible in Basic English

For there will never be a time when there are no poor in the land; and so I give orders to you, Let your hand be open to your countrymen, to those who are poor and in need in your land.

Darby Translation

For the needy shall never cease from within the land; therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto thy brother, to thy poor and to thy needy, in thy land.

Julia Smith Translation

For the needy shall not cease from the midst of thy land: for this I command thee, saying, Opening, thou shalt open thy hand to thy brother, to thy afflicted and to thy needy in thy land.

King James 2000

For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command you, saying, you shall open your hand wide unto your brother, to your poor, and to your needy, in your land.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For the poor will not cease to be {among you} [in] the land; therefore I [am] commanding you, {saying}, 'You shall willingly open your hand to your brother, to your needy and to your poor [that are] in your land.'

Modern King James verseion

For the poor shall never cease out of the land. Therefore, I command you saying, You shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor, and to your needy, in your land.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For the land shall never be without poor. Wherefore I command thee, saying, 'Open thine hand unto thy brother that is needy and poor in thy land.'

NET Bible

There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open your hand to your fellow Israelites who are needy and poor in your land.

New Heart English Bible

For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command you, saying, You shall surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.

The Emphasized Bible

For the needy will not cease out of the midst of the land - for this cause, am I commanding thee, saying, Thou shalt open, thy hand unto thy brother to thy poor and to thy needy, in thy land.

World English Bible

For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command you, saying, You shall surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.

Youngs Literal Translation

because the needy one doth not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Thou dost certainly open thy hand to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy one, in thy land.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For the poor
H34
אביון 
'ebyown 
Usage: 61

out of
קרב 
Qereb 
Usage: 226

the land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

צוה 
Tsavah 
Usage: 494

Thou shalt open
פּתח 
Pathach 
Usage: 143

יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

פּתח 
Pathach 
Usage: 143

to thy poor
עני 
`aniy 
Usage: 75

and to thy needy
H34
אביון 
'ebyown 
Usage: 61

References

Prayers for Deuteronomy 15:11

Context Readings

Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity

10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thy heart shall not be grieved when thou givest to him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thy hand to. 11 For the poor shall never cease from the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thy hand wide to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. 12 And if thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, shall be sold to thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.



Cross References

Matthew 26:11

For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

Mark 14:7

For ye have the poor with you always, and whenever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.

John 12:8

For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.

Deuteronomy 15:8

But thou shalt open thy hand wide to him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.

Proverbs 22:2

The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.

Matthew 5:42

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee, turn not thou away.

Luke 12:33

Sell what ye have, and give alms: provide yourselves bags which become not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

Acts 2:45

And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

Acts 4:32-35

And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart, and of one soul: neither said any of them that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

Acts 11:28-30

And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Cesar.

2 Corinthians 8:2-9

That in a great trial of affliction, the abundance of their joy, and their deep poverty, abounded to the riches of their liberality.

1 John 3:16-18

By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

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