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Ezekiel 18:8
8if he does not charge interest or take a percentage of increase [on what he lends in compassion], if he keeps his hand from sin and executes true justice between man and man,
Ezekiel 18:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
- New International Version (NIV)He does not lend to them at interest or take a profit from them. He withholds his hand from doing wrong and judges fairly between two parties.
- English Standard Version (ESV)does not lend at interest or take any profit, withholds his hand from injustice, executes true justice between man and man,
- New King James Version (NKJV)If he has not exacted usury Nor taken any increase, But has withdrawn his hand from iniquity And executed true judgment between man and man;
Context of Ezekiel 18:8
6and does not eat [at the pagan shrines] on the mountains or raise his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her [monthly] time of impurity— 7if a man does not oppress anyone, but restores to the debtor his pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing, if he does not charge interest or take a percentage of increase [on what he lends in compassion], if he keeps his hand from sin and executes true justice between man and man, 9if he walks in My statutes and [keeps] My ordinances so as to act with integrity; [then] he is [truly] righteous and shall certainly live,” says the Lord God. 10“If he is the father of a violent son who sheds blood, and who does any of these things to a brother
Read all of Ezekiel 18Ezekiel 18:8 word by word
בַּנֶּ֣שֶׁךְ לֹֽא־יִתֵּ֗ן וְתַרְבִּית֙ לֹ֣א יִקָּ֔ח מֵעָ֖וֶל יָשִׁ֣יב יָד֑וֹ מִשְׁפַּ֤ט אֱמֶת֙ יַֽעֲשֶׂ֔ה בֵּ֥ין אִ֖ישׁ לְאִֽישׁ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- hath not given forthנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- upon usuryנֶ֫שֶׁךְneshek · interestH5392
- neither hath takenלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
- any increaseתַּרְבִּיתtarbîyth · incrementH8636
- hath withdrawnשׁוּבshûb · to return: turn backH7725
- his handיָדyâd · handH3027
- from iniquityעָ֫וֶל‛evel ‛âvel ‛avlâh ‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · injusticeH5766
- hath executedעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- trueאֱמֶת'emeth · truth: trueH571
- judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justiceH4941
- between manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
Cross-references for Ezekiel 18:8
- Ezekiel 18:13and charges interest and takes [a percentage of] increase on what he has loaned; will he then live? He will not live! He has done all these disgusting things, he shall surely be put to death; his blood will be on his own head.
- Ezekiel 22:12In you they have accepted bribes to shed blood; you have taken [forbidden] interest and [a percentage of] profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression and extortion, and you have forgotten Me,” says the Lord God.
- Exodus 22:25“If you lend money to any one of My people with you who is poor, you shall not act as a creditor (professional moneylender) to him; you shall not charge him interest.
- Leviticus 25:35‘Now if your fellow countryman becomes poor and his hand falters with you [that is, he has trouble repaying you for something], then you are to help and sustain him, [with courtesy and consideration] like [you would] a stranger or a temporary resident [without property], so that he may live among you.
- Deuteronomy 23:19“You shall not charge interest to your fellow Israelite—interest on money, food or anything that may be loaned for interest.
- Nehemiah 5:1Now there was a great outcry of the [poorer] people and their wives against their Jewish brothers [to whom they were deeply in debt].
- Psalms 15:5He does not put out his money at interest [to a fellow Israelite], And does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
- Proverbs 28:8He who increases his wealth by interest and usury (excessive interest) Gathers it for him who is gracious to the poor.
- Jeremiah 15:10Woe to me, my mother, that you have given birth to me To be a man of strife and a man of contention to all the earth! I have not loaned, nor have men lent money to me, Yet everyone curses me.
- 2 Samuel 22:24I was also blameless before Him, And kept myself from wrongdoing.
- Nehemiah 5:15But the former governors who were [in office] before me put heavy burdens on the people and took food and wine from them in addition to forty shekels of silver [as an excessive monthly salary]; even their servants assumed authority over the people. But I did not do so because of the [reverent] fear of God.
- Isaiah 33:15He who walks righteously and speaks with integrity, Who rejects gain from fraud and from oppression, Who shakes his hand free from the taking of bribes, Who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed And shuts his eyes to avoid looking upon evil;
- Leviticus 19:15‘You shall not do injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor show a preference for the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.
- Deuteronomy 1:16“Then I commanded your judges at that time, saying, ‘Hear the matters between your brothers [your fellow countrymen], and judge righteously and fairly between a man and his brother, or the stranger (resident alien, foreigner) who is with him.
- Deuteronomy 16:18“You shall appoint judges and officers in all your cities (gates) which the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
- Job 29:7When I went out to the gate of the city, When I took my seat [as a city father] in the square,
Commentaries on Ezekiel 18:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 810. Hath not given forth upon usury - יתן לא בנשך beneshech lo yitten . נשך nasach signifies to bite; usury is properly so termed, because it bites into and devours the principal. Usury signifies, with us, exacting unlawful interest for money; and taking the advantage of a man's necessities to advance him cash on exorbitant profit. This bites the receiver in his property, and the lender in his salvation. 11. Neither hath taken any increase - In lending…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Usury - is the profit exacted for the loan of money, “increase” that which is taken for goods; both are forbidden Leviticus 25:36; Deuteronomy 23:19. The placing out of capital at interest for commercial purposes is not taken into consideration. The case is that of money lent to a brother in distress.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Lending money with interest to those in need was banned because it tempted lenders to exploit borrowers (see Exodus 22:25).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. usury--literally, "biting." The law forbade the Jew to take interest from brethren but permitted him to do so from a foreigner (Ex 22:25; De 23:19, 20; Ne 5:7; Psa 15:5). The letter of the law was restricted to the Jewish polity, and is not binding now; and indeed the principle of taking interest was even then sanctioned, by its being allowed in the case of a foreigner. The spirit of the law still binds us, that we are not to take advantage of our…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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