Deuteronomy 15:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² “And this is the word of the release: Every creditor is to release what he has loaned to his neighbour, he does not require it of his neighbour or his brother, because it is called the release of יהוה.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD's release.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release that which he has lent to his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor, his brother, for the Lord's release is proclaimed.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release that which he hath lent unto his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother; because Jehovah’s release hath been proclaimed.

Common English Bible

² This is how the cancellation is to be handled: Creditors will forgive the loans of their fellow Israelites. They won’t demand repayment from their neighbors or their relatives because the LORD’s year of debt cancellation has been announced.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² which shall be celebrated according to this order. Anyone to whom anything is owed, by his friend or neighbor or brother, will not be able to request its return, because it is the year of remission of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 15:2 Cross References

Nehemiah 10:31

and that if the peoples of the land bring wares or any grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we would not buy it from them on the Sabbath, or on a set-apart day, and we would forego the seventh year and the interest of every hand.

Isaiah 58:3

They say, ‘Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we afflicted our beings, and You took no note?’ “Look, in the day of your fasting you find pleasure, and drive on all your labourers.

Matthew 6:12

‘And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

Luke 7:42

“And when they were unable to repay, he forgave them both. Which of them, then, shall love him more?”

Deuteronomy 15:1

“At the end of every seven years you make a release of debts.

Deuteronomy 15:3

“Of a foreigner you could require it, but your hand is to release whatever is owed by your brother.

Deuteronomy 31:10

And Mosheh commanded them, saying, “At the end of seven years, at the appointed time, the year of release, at the Festival of Booths,

James 2:13

For the judgment is without compassion to the one who has shown no compassion. And compassion boasts over judgment.