New American Standard Bible 2020
Ezekiel 18:8
8and if he does not 1lend money at 2interest or take 34interest, if he keeps his hand from injustice and 5executes true justice between one person and another,
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- King James Version (KJV)He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,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- New King James Version (NKJV)If he has not exacted usury Nor taken any increase, But has withdrawn his hand from iniquity And executed true judgment between man and man;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
6if he does not eat at the mountain shrines or raise his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her menstrual period-- 7and if 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, and if he does not lend money at interest or take interest, if he keeps his hand from injustice and executes true justice between one person and another, 9if he walks in My statutes and keeps My ordinances so as to deal faithfully--he is righteous and will certainly live,” declares the Lord God. 10“However, he may father a violent son who sheds blood, and does any one 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
- lendנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- interestנֶ֫שֶׁךְneshek · interestH5392
- or takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
- interestתַּרְבִּיתtarbîyth · incrementH8636
- he keepsשׁוּבshûb · to return: turn backH7725
- his handיָדyâd · handH3027
- from injusticeעָ֫וֶל‛evel ‛âvel ‛avlâh ‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · injusticeH5766
- executesעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- trueאֱמֶת'emeth · truth: trueH571
- justiceמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justiceH4941
- betweenבַּ֫יִןbêyn · betweenH996
- oneאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
Cross-references for Ezekiel 18:8
- Ezekiel 18:13lends money at interest and takes interest; will he live? He will not live! He has committed all these abominations, he shall certainly be put to death; his blood will be on himself.
- Ezekiel 22:12Among you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest, you have injured your neighbors by oppression, and you have forgotten Me,” declares the Lord God.
- Exodus 22:25“If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest.
- Leviticus 25:35‘Now in case a countryman of yours becomes poor and his means among you falter, then you are to sustain him, like a stranger or a resident, so that he may live with you.
- Deuteronomy 23:19“You are not to charge interest to your countrymen: interest on money, food, or anything that may be loaned on interest.
- Nehemiah 5:1Now there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers.
- Psalms 15:5He does not lend his money at interest, Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. One who does these things will never be shaken.
- Proverbs 28:8One who increases his wealth by interest of any kind, Collects it for one who is gracious to the poor.
- Jeremiah 15:10Woe to me, my mother, that you have given birth to me As a man of strife and a man of contention to all the land! I have not lent, nor have people lent money to me, Yet everyone curses me.
- 2 Samuel 22:24I was also blameless toward Him, And I have kept myself from my wrongdoing.
- Nehemiah 5:15But the previous governors who were before me laid burdens on the people and took from them bread and wine besides forty shekels of silver; even their servants domineered the people. But I did not do so because of my fear of God.
- Isaiah 33:15One who walks righteously and speaks with integrity, One who rejects unjust gain And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe; One who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed And shuts his eyes from looking at evil;
- Leviticus 19:15‘You shall not do injustice in judgment; you shall not show partiality to the poor nor give preference to the great, but you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
- Deuteronomy 1:16“Then I ordered your judges at that time, saying, ‘Hear the cases between your fellow countrymen and judge righteously between a person and his fellow countryman, or the stranger who is with him.
- Deuteronomy 16:18“You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your towns 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 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
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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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