Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Beware that there not be a base thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand, and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou give him nothing, and he cry to LORD against thee, and it be
New American Standard Bible
Beware that there is no base
King James Version
Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
Holman Bible
Be careful that there isn’t this wicked thought in your heart, ‘The seventh year, the year of canceling debts, is near,’ and you are stingy toward your poor brother and give him nothing. He will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty.
International Standard Version
Be careful not to think this wicked thought to yourselves: "The seventh year, the year of remission, is drawing near,' and you show ill will toward your poor relative and not give to him. He may then call to the LORD on account of you, and you will be guilty of sin.
American Standard Version
Beware that there be not a base thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou give him nought; and he cry unto Jehovah against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
Amplified
Beware that there is no wicked thought in your heart, saying, ‘The seventh year, the year of release (remission, pardon), is approaching,’ and your eye is hostile (unsympathetic) toward your poor brother, and you give him nothing [since he would not have to repay you]; for he may cry out to the Lord against you, and it will become a sin for you.
Bible in Basic English
And see that there is no evil thought in your heart, moving you to say to yourself, The seventh year, the year of forgiveness is near; and so looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you, and it will be judged as sin in you.
Darby Translation
Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry against thee to Jehovah, and it be sin in thee.
Julia Smith Translation
Watch to thyself lest a word shall be with thy heart, of Belial, saying. The seventh year, the year of remission is drawing near; and thine eye be evil against thy needy brother and thou wilt not give to him; and he call against thee to Jehovah, and it was sin in thee.
King James 2000
Beware that there be not a thought in your wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cries unto the LORD against you, and it be sin in you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{Take care} so that there will not be {a thought of wickedness} in your heart, {saying}, 'The seventh year, the year of the remission of debt is near,' {and you view your needy neighbor with hostility}, and [so] you [do] not give to him, and he might cry [out] against you to Yahweh, and {you would incur guilt against yourself}.
Modern King James verseion
Beware that there is not a thought in your wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand, and your eye may be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing. And he may cry to Jehovah against you, and it is sin to you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And beware that there be not a point of Belial in thine heart, that thou wouldest say, 'The seventh year, the year of freedom is at hand,' and therefore it grieve thee to look on thy poor brother and givest him nought and he then cry unto the LORD against thee and it be sin unto thee.
NET Bible
Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite and you do not lend him anything; he will cry out to the Lord against you and you will be regarded as having sinned.
New Heart English Bible
Beware that there not be a base thought in your heart, saying, "The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand"; and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cry to the LORD against you, and it be sin to you.
The Emphasized Bible
Take thou heed to thyself lest there be something near thine abandoned heart, saying - Drawing nigh, is the seventh year the year of release, and so thine eye be evil, against thy needy brother, and thou give not unto him, - and he cry out against thee unto Yahweh, and it become in thee a sin!
Webster
Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thy eye shall be evil against thy poor brother, and thou shalt give him naught; and he shall cry to the LORD against thee, and it shall be sin to thee.
World English Bible
Beware that there not be a base thought in your heart, saying, "The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand;" and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.
Youngs Literal Translation
Take heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart -- worthless, saying, Near is the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin;
Themes
Alms » Commandments and practices concerning
Charity » The reward for being charitable
Evil » Confess Christ » Thoughts
Feast of sabbatical year » Release of, not to hinder the exercise of benevolence
Topics
Interlinear
Shamar
Dabar
Sheba`
Shaneh (in pl. only),
`ayin
'ach
Nathan
Qara'
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 15:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
8 but thou shall surely open thy hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need which he wants. 9 Beware that there not be a base thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand, and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou give him nothing, and he cry to LORD against thee, and it be 10 Thou shall surely give him, and thy heart shall not be grieved when thou give to him, because for this thing LORD thy God will bless thee in all thy work, and in all that thou put thy hand to.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:15
Thou shall give him his hire in his day, neither shall the sun go down upon it, for he is poor, and sets his heart upon it, lest he cry against thee to LORD, and it be sin to thee.
Matthew 20:15
Is it not permitted for me to do what I want with my own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
Exodus 22:23
If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry,
Job 34:28
so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heard the cry of the afflicted.
Proverbs 28:22
He who has an evil eye hastens after riches, and does not know that want shall come upon him.
James 5:4
Behold the wage of the workmen who reaped your fields. The man who was defrauded by you cries out. And the outcries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of Lord of hosts.
Exodus 3:7
And LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
Deuteronomy 15:1
At the end of every seven years thou shall make a release.
Deuteronomy 28:54-56
The man who is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his sons whom he has remaining,
Psalm 9:12
For he who makes inquiry for blood remembers them. He does not forget the cry of the poor.
Proverbs 4:23
Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.
Proverbs 21:13
He who stops his ears at the cry of a poor man, he also shall cry, but shall not be heard.
Proverbs 24:9
The thought of folly is sin. And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
Jeremiah 17:10
I, LORD, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
Matthew 15:19
For from the heart comes forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, FALSE witnessings, revilings.
Matthew 25:41-45
Then he will also say to those at the left hand, Depart from me, ye accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his agents.
Mark 7:21-22
For from inside the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts,
Romans 7:8-9
But sin, having taken opportunity through the commandment, wrought in me every evil desire, for apart from law sin is dead.
James 4:5
Or think ye that the scripture says vainly, The spirit that he caused to dwell in us yearns with jealousy?
James 4:17
He therefore who knows to do good, and is not doing it, to him it is sin.
James 5:9
Do not grumble, brothers, against each other, so that ye not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the doors.
1 Peter 4:9
stranger-loving toward each other without complaints.
1 John 3:15-17
Every man hating his brother is a man-killer. And ye know that no man-killer has eternal life abiding in him.