Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
[With respect to] the foreigner you may exact payment, but {you must remit} what shall be [owed] to you [with respect to] your brother.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;
Holman Bible
You may collect something from a foreigner, but you must forgive whatever your brother owes you.
International Standard Version
You may exact payment from a foreigner, but cancel whatever your brother owes you.
A Conservative Version
From a foreigner thou may exact it, but whatever of thine is with thy brother, thy hand shall release.
American Standard Version
Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it: but whatsoever of thine is with thy brother thy hand shall release.
Amplified
You may require repayment from a foreigner, but whatever of yours is with your brother [Israelite] your hand shall release.
Bible in Basic English
A man of another nation may be forced to make payment of his debt, but if your brother has anything of yours, let it go;
Darby Translation
Of the foreigner thou mayest demand it; but what is thine with thy brother thy hand shall release;
Julia Smith Translation
Foreigners thou shalt exact of, and what shall be to thee with thy brother thine hand shall remit:
King James 2000
Of a foreigner you may exact it again: but that which you lend to your brother your hand shall release;
Modern King James verseion
You may exact it from a foreigner, but your hand shall release that which is yours with your brother,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
yet of a stranger thou mayest call it home again. But that which thou hast with thy brother thine hand shall remit,
NET Bible
You may exact payment from a foreigner, but whatever your fellow Israelite owes you, you must remit.
New Heart English Bible
Of a foreigner you may exact it: but whatever of your is with your brother your hand shall release.
The Emphasized Bible
Of a foreigner, thou mayest exact it, - but, what thou hast with thy brother, thy hand shall release;
Webster
Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thy hand shall release:
World English Bible
Of a foreigner you may exact it: but whatever of your is with your brother your hand shall release.
Youngs Literal Translation
of the stranger thou mayest exact, and that which is thine with thy brother doth thy hand release;
Themes
Aliens » Jews authorized to take usury from
Creditors » Exacting debts from brethren during sabbatical year
Feast of sabbatical year » Enactments respecting » Remission of debts
Feast of sabbatical year » Enactments respecting » No release to strangers during
Interlinear
Nagas
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 15:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Debts Canceled
2 And this [is] the manner of the remission of debt: every {creditor} shall remit his claim that he holds against his neighbor, and he shall not exact payment [from] his brother because there remission of debt has been proclaimed unto Yahweh. 3 [With respect to] the foreigner you may exact payment, but {you must remit} what shall be [owed] to you [with respect to] your brother. 4 Nevertheless, there shall not be among you a poor [person], because Yahweh will certainly bless you in the land that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you [as] an inheritance, to take possession of it.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 23:20
You may lend on interest to the foreigner, but to your countryman you may not lend on interest, so that Yahweh your God may bless you {in all your undertakings} in {the land where you are going}, {in order to take possession of it}.
Exodus 22:25
" 'If you lend money [to] my people, [to] the needy with you, you will not be to him as a creditor; you will not {charge him interest}.
Matthew 17:25-26
He said, "Yes." And [when he] came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth collect tolls or taxes--from their own sons, or from foreigners?"
John 8:35
And the slave does not remain in the household {forever}; the son remains {forever}.
1 Corinthians 6:6-7
But brother goes to court with brother, and this before unbelievers!
Galatians 6:10
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all [people], and especially to those who belong to the household of faith.