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Deuteronomy 15:11
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9 Beware lest there be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, ‘The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,’ and your aeye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing, and bhe cry out to the Lord against you, and cit become sin among you.  
10 You shall surely give to him, and ayour heart should not be grieved when you give to him, because bfor this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your works and in all to which you put your hand.  
11 For athe poor will never cease from the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall1 open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor and your needy, in your land.’  

The Law Concerning Bondservants

12 a“If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is bsold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you.  
13 And when you send him away free from you, you shall not let him go away empty-handed;  
14 you shall supply him liberally from your flock, from your threshing floor, and from your winepress. From what the Lord your God has ablessed you with, you shall give to him.  
Verse Comparison: Deuteronomy 15:11

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
For the poor will never cease out of the land; therefore I command you, You shall open wide your hands to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor in your land.

Contemporary English Version
There will always be some Israelites who are poor and needy. That's why I am commanding you to be generous with them.

Darby English Version
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.

Good News Bible
There will always be some Israelites who are poor and in need, and so I command you to be generous to them.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
"For the poor will never cease {to be} in the land; therefore I command you, saying, `You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy and poor in your land.'

New International Version
There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land.

New King James Version
For the poor will never cease from the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor and your needy, in your land.’

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" For the poor will never cease to live in the land; therefore I command you, saying, 'You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy and poor in your land.'

Revised Standard Version
For the poor will never cease out of the land; therefore I command you, You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in the land.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

New English Translation
There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open1 your hand to your fellow Israelites2 who are needy and poor in your land.


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