Deuteronomy 15:11
“For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Deuteronomy 15:11 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Denn der Arme wird nicht aufhören inmitten des Landes; darum gebiete ich dir und spreche: Du sollst deinem Bruder, deinem Dürftigen und deinem Armen in deinem Lande, deine Hand weit auftun.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Porque no faltarán menesterosos de en medio de la tierra; por eso yo te mando, diciendo: Abrirás tu mano á tu hermano, á tu pobre, y á tu menesteroso en tu tierra.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Porque não faltarão necessitados do meio da terra; por isso eu te mando, dizendo: Abrirás tua mão a teu irmão, a teu pobre, e a teu necessitado em tua terra.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Pois sempre haverá pobres na terra; por isso, eu te ordeno: "Abrirás a mão em favor de teu irmão, do necessitado, e do pobre em tua terra".
📖 Deuteronomy 15:11 in Context
9Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
10Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
11For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
12And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
13And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
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