Deuteronomy 15:11 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Deuteronomy 15:11 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Deuteronomy 15:11 in 6 Bible Translations
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Deuteronomy 15:11 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.”
Deuteronomy 15:11 — World English Bible
Deuteronomy 15:11 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Deuteronomy 15:11 — American Standard Version
Deuteronomy 15:11 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“because the needy one doth not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Thou dost certainly open thy hand to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy one, in thy land.”
Deuteronomy 15:11 — Young's Literal Translation
Deuteronomy 15:11 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For the needy shall never cease from within the land; therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto thy brother, to thy poor and to thy needy, in thy land. ”
Deuteronomy 15:11 — Darby Translation
Deuteronomy 15:11 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Because there shall be euer some poore in the land, therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand vnto thy brother, to thy needie, and to thy poore in thy land.”
Deuteronomy 15:11 — Geneva Bible
Deuteronomy 15:11 in Context — Deuteronomy 15
9 Beware 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.
10 Thou 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.
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.
12 And 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.
13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
What Does Deuteronomy 15:11 Mean?
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