Deuteronomy 15:2

Deuteronomy 15:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the Lord’s release.
• New International Version (NIV)This 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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release what he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not exact it of his neighbor, his brother, because the Lord's release has been proclaimed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And this is the form of the release: Every creditor who has lent anything to his neighbor shall release it; he shall not require it of his neighbor or his brother, because it is called the Lord’s release.

Context of Deuteronomy 15:2

1“At the end of every seven years you are to cancel debts. This is how you are to cancel debts: every creditor is to release what he has loaned to his neighbor. He must not force his neighbor or his brother to repay, for Adonai’s debt cancellation has been proclaimed. 3A foreigner you may force, but your hand is to release whatever your brother owes you. 4“However, there should be no poor among you, for Adonai will surely bless you in the land Adonai your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess.

Deuteronomy 15:2 word by word

וְזֶה֮ דְּבַ֣ר הַשְּׁמִטָּה֒ שָׁמ֗וֹט כָּל־בַּ֙עַל֙ מַשֵּׁ֣ה יָד֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יַשֶּׁ֖ה בְּרֵעֵ֑הוּ לֹֽא־יִגֹּ֤שׂ אֶת־רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ וְאֶת־אָחִ֔יו כִּֽי־קָרָ֥א שְׁמִטָּ֖ה לַֽיהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the mannerדָּבָרdâbâr · ChroniclesH1697
• of the releaseשְׁמִטָּהshemiţţâh · remissionH8059
• Every creditorיָדyâd · handH3027
• Every creditorמַשֶּׁהmashsheh · loanH4874
• Every creditorבַּעַלba‛al · master: [master of]H1167
• that lendethנָשָׁהnâshâh · to lendH5383
• unto his neighbourרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
• shall releaseשָׁמַטshâmaţ · to releaseH8058
• he shall not exactנָגַשׂnâgaώ · to oppressH5065
• or of his brotherאָח'âch · brother: compatriotH251
• because it is calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call outH7121
• the Lord’sיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 15:2

• Nehemiah 5:7I 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.
• Isaiah 58:3“Why have we fasted. yet You do not see? Why have we afflicted our souls, yet You take no notice?” “Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and exploit all your laborers.
• Amos 8:4Hear this, you who trample the poor, destroying the afflicted of the land
• Matthew 6:12And forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors.
• Matthew 18:25But since he didn’t have the money to repay, his master ordered him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.
• Luke 6:34And if you lend to those from whom you expect to take, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners in order to receive back the same.
• Luke 7:42When neither could repay him, he canceled both debts. So which of them will love him more?”
• James 2:13For judgment is merciless to the one who does not show mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 15:2

• 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. 2The remission happened every seventh year across the nation ("the Sabbath year," Leviticus 25:1–7). The timing followed the national calendar, not the date when a loan was made. As a result, a loan could be canceled only one year after it was given.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it--not by an absolute discharge of the debt, but by passing over that year without exacting payment. The relief was temporary and peculiar to that year during which there was a total suspension of agricultural labor. he shall not exact it ... of his brother--that is, an Israelite, so called in opposition to a stranger or foreigner. because it is called the Lord's release--The reason…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 15:2

• Creditor
• Lending
• Poor
• Sabbatic Year

In the dictionaries

• Agriculture
• Bless
• Cease
• Debt
• Debtor
• Firstling
• Release
• Sabbatical year
• Atonement, Day of
• Creditor

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