Deuteronomy 15:4

Deuteronomy 15:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the Lord shall greatly bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:
• English Standard Version (ESV)But there will be no poor among you; for the Lord will bless you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance to possess—
• New King James Version (NKJV)except when there may be no poor among you; for the Lord will greatly bless you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance—
• New Living Translation (NLT)“There should be no poor among you, for the Lord your God will greatly bless you in the land he is giving you as a special possession.

Context of Deuteronomy 15:4

2This is how it is to be done: Every creditor shall cancel any loan they have made to a fellow Israelite. They shall not require payment from anyone among their own people, because the Lord’s time for canceling debts has been proclaimed. 3You may require payment from a foreigner, but you must cancel any debt your fellow Israelite owes you. However, there need be no poor people among you, for in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess as your inheritance, he will richly bless you, 5if only you fully obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow all these commands I am giving you today. 6For the Lord your God will bless you as he has promised, and you will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. You will rule over many nations but none will rule over you.

Deuteronomy 15:4 word by word

אֶ֕פֶס כִּ֛י לֹ֥א יִֽהְיֶה־בְּךָ֖ אֶבְי֑וֹן כִּֽי־בָרֵ֤ךְ יְבָֽרֶכְךָ֙ יְהוָ֔ה בָּאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ נֹֽתֵן־לְךָ֥ נַחֲלָ֖ה לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Saveאֶ֫פֶס'ephes · endH657
• when there shall be no poorאֶבְיוֹן'ebyôn · needyH34
• among you; for the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• shall greatlyבָּרַךְbârak · to blessH1288
• thee in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• givethנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• an inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
• to possessיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: possessH3423

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 15:4

• Deuteronomy 14:29so that the Levites (who have no allotment or inheritance of their own) and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied, and so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
• Deuteronomy 28:1If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth.
• Proverbs 11:24One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.
• Proverbs 14:21It is a sin to despise one’s neighbor, but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy.
• Proverbs 28:27Those who give to the poor will lack nothing, but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses.
• Isaiah 58:10and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 15:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4There shall be no poor - That is, comparatively; see Deuteronomy 15:11.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-11Verses 1-11 The year of release is no doubt identical with the sabbatical year of the earlier legislation (Exodus 23:10 ff, and Leviticus 25:2 ff), the command of the older legislation being here amplified. The release was probably for the year, not total and final, and had reference only to loans lent because of poverty (compare Deuteronomy 15:4, Deuteronomy 15:7). Yet even so the law was found to be too stringent for the avarice of the people, because…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4If Israel had obeyed the covenant fully, there would have been no poor people in the nation. However, this ideal situation never became reality in ancient Israel. Poverty remained a serious problem among the people.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Save when there shall be no poor man among you--Apparently a qualifying clause added to limit the application of the foregoing statement [De 15:3]; so that "the brother" to be released pointed to a poor borrower, whereas it is implied that if he were rich, the restoration of the loan might be demanded even during that year. But the words may properly be rendered (as on the Margin) to the end, in order that there may be no poor among you--that is, that…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 15:4

• Blessing
• Lending
• Poor
• Sabbatic Year

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Agriculture
• Bless
• Cease
• Debt
• Debtor
• Firstling
• Release
• Sabbatical year

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 15

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings