Ezekiel 18:8

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• King James Version (KJV)He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,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• New King James Version (NKJV)If he has not exacted usury Nor taken any increase, But has withdrawn his hand from iniquity And executed true judgment between man and man;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

6He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her period. 7He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing. He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men. 9He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD. 10Now suppose that man has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these things,

Ezekiel 18:8 word by word

בַּנֶּ֣שֶׁךְ לֹֽא־יִתֵּ֗ן וְתַרְבִּית֙ לֹ֣א יִקָּ֔ח מֵעָ֖וֶל יָשִׁ֣יב יָד֑וֹ מִשְׁפַּ֤ט אֱמֶת֙ יַֽעֲשֶׂ֔ה בֵּ֥ין אִ֖ישׁ לְאִֽישׁ׃Read the interlinear

• He does notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• engageנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• in usuryנֶ֫שֶׁךְneshek · interestH5392
• takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• excess interestתַּרְבִּיתtarbîyth · incrementH8636
• but he withholds his handיָדyâd · handH3027
• from iniquityעָ֫וֶל‛evel ‛âvel ‛avlâh ‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · injusticeH5766
• from iniquityשׁוּבshûb · to return: turn backH7725
• executesעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• trueאֱמֶת'emeth · truth: trueH571
• justiceמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justiceH4941
• betweenבַּ֫יִןbêyn · betweenH996
• menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376

Cross-references for Ezekiel 18:8

• Ezekiel 18:13He engages in usury and takes excess interest. Will this son live? He will not! Since he has committed all these abominations, he will surely die; his blood will be on his own head.
• Ezekiel 22:12In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.
• Exodus 22:25If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.
• Leviticus 25:35Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.
• Deuteronomy 23:19Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.
• Nehemiah 5:1About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.
• Psalms 15:5who lends his money without interest and refuses 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 lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
• Jeremiah 15:10Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.
• 2 Samuel 22:24And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
• Nehemiah 5:15The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people. But I did not do this, because of my fear of God.
• Isaiah 33:15He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—
• Leviticus 19:15You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
• Deuteronomy 1:16At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.
• Deuteronomy 16:18You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
• Job 29:7When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public 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

Topics related to Ezekiel 18:8

• Beneficence
• Children
• Integrity
• Interest
• Judgment
• Responsibility
• Righteous
• Righteousness
• Usury
• Wicked (People)
• Works

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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