Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha saying, “Your servant my husband is dead—you know that your servant feared Adonai. Now the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.”
Exodus 22:25 - Tree of Life Version If you ever take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, you are to return it to him before the sun goes down, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If you lend money to any of My people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor, neither shall you require interest from him. American Standard Version (1901) If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest. Common English Bible If you lend money to my people who are poor among you, don’t be a creditor and charge them interest. Catholic Public Domain Version If you lend money to the poor of my people who live among you, you shall not coerce them like a collector, nor oppress them with usury. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor, that dwelleth with thee: thou shalt not be hard upon them as an extortioner, nor oppress them with usuries. |
Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha saying, “Your servant my husband is dead—you know that your servant feared Adonai. Now the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.”
Then she came and told the man of God. So he said, “Go sell the oil and pay your debt, then you and your sons can live on the rest.”
I pondered them in my heart and then I opposed the nobles and the officials, saying to them, “Usury! Each of you is putting his brother in debt!” So I convened a great assembly to deal with them.
who lends his money without usury, and takes no bribe against the innocent. One who does these things will never be shaken.
Whoever increases his wealth by exorbitant interest, gathers it for one kinder to the poor.
Oy to me, my mother, that you gave birth to me— a man of strife and conflict to all the land! I did not lend or borrow, yet everyone curses me.
loaned with interest and taken unjust gain. Will he then live? He will not live! He has done all these detestable things. He will surely be put to death and his blood will be on him.
withholds his hand from mistreating the poor, does not take interest or increase, practices My laws and walks in My statutes—he will not die for the iniquity of his father, he will surely live.
He does not wrong anyone, returns his pledge for a debt, does not commit robbery, gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment.
He does not loan with interest or take unjust gain. He keeps his hand from iniquity, executes true justice between people,
They accept bribes in order to shed blood in you; you have taken usurious interest. You have greedily gained by oppressing your neighbors, and you have forgotten Me.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
Upon garments taken in pledge they stretch out beside every altar, and drink wine confiscated as fines in the house of their gods.
Then you should have brought my money to the brokers, and when I came I would have received it back with interest.
Then why didn’t you put my money in the bank, so that when I came back I could have collected it with interest?’
“If there is a poor man among you—any of your brothers within any of your gates in your land that Adonai your God is giving you—you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother.
You must certainly restore the pledge to him when the sun sets, so that he may sleep in his coat and bless you—and it is to be righteousness for you before Adonai your God.