Text -- Deuteronomy 15:4 (NET)

15:4 However, there should not be any poor among you, for the Lord will surely bless you in the land that he is giving you as an inheritance,

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Deu 15:4

¹ tc After the phrase “the Lord” many mss and versions add “your God” to complete the usual full epithet.

² tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “surely.” Note however, that the use is rhetorical, for the next verse attaches a condition.

³ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

⁴ tn The Hebrew text includes “to possess.”