Deuteronomy 15:9-11

15:9 Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude ¹  be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite ²  and you do not lend ³  him anything; he will cry out to the Lord against you and you will be regarded as having sinned. ⁴  15:10 You must by all means lend ⁵  to him and not be upset by doing it, ⁶  for because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you attempt. 15:11 There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open ⁷  your hand to your fellow Israelites ⁸  who are needy and poor in your land.

[15:9]  ¹ tn Heb “your eye.”

[15:9]  ² tn Heb “your needy brother.”

[15:9]  ³ tn Heb “give” (likewise in v. 10).

[15:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “it will be a sin to you.”

[15:10]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “by all means.”

[15:10]  ⁶ tc Heb “your heart must not be grieved in giving to him.” The LXX and Orig add, “you shall surely lend to him sufficient for his need,” a suggestion based on the same basic idea in v. 8. Such slavish adherence to stock phrases is without warrant in most cases, and certainly here.

[15:11]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “make sure.”

[15:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “your brother.”