Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business deal; charge no interest. New Living Translation “If you lend money to any of my people who are in need, do not charge interest as a money lender would. English Standard Version “If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him. Berean Standard Bible If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest. King James Bible If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. New King James Version “If you lend money to any of My people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him interest. New American Standard Bible “If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest. NASB 1995 “If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest. NASB 1977 “If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest. Legacy Standard Bible “If you lend money to My people, to the afflicted among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest. Amplified Bible “If you lend money to any one of My people with you who is poor, you shall not act as a creditor (professional moneylender) to him; you shall not charge him interest. Christian Standard Bible “If you lend silver to my people, to the poor person among you, you must not be like a creditor to him; you must not charge him interest. Holman Christian Standard Bible If you lend money to My people, to the poor person among you, you must not be like a moneylender to him; you must not charge him interest.” American Standard Version If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And if you lend money to my people, the poor of your people, you will not be as a creditor to him and do not take interest from him. Brenton Septuagint Translation And if thou shouldest lend money to thy poor brother who is by thee, thou shalt not be hard upon him thou shalt not exact usury of him. Contemporary English Version Don't charge interest when you lend money to any of my people who are in need. Douay-Rheims Bible If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor, that dwelleth with thee, thou shalt not be hard upon them as an extortioner, nor oppress them with usuries. English Revised Version If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him usury. GOD'S WORD® Translation "If you lend money to my people-to any poor person among you-never act like a moneylender. Charge no interest. Good News Translation "If you lend money to any of my people who are poor, do not act like a moneylender and require him to pay interest. International Standard Version "If you loan money to my people, to the poor among you, don't be like a creditor to them and don't impose interest on them. JPS Tanakh 1917 If thou lend money to any of My people, even to the poor with thee, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest. Literal Standard Version If you lend money [to] My poor people [who are] with you, you are not as a usurer to him; you do not lay usury on him; Majority Standard Bible If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest. New American Bible If you lend money to my people, the poor among you, you must not be like a money lender; you must not demand interest from them. NET Bible "If you lend money to any of my people who are needy among you, do not be like a moneylender to him; do not charge him interest. New Revised Standard Version If you lend money to my people, to the poor among you, you shall not deal with them as a creditor; you shall not exact interest from them. New Heart English Bible "If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest. Webster's Bible Translation If thou shalt lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. World English Bible “If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor. You shall not charge him interest. Young's Literal Translation 'If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury; Additional Translations ... Context Laws of Social Responsibility…24My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless. 25If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest. 26If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,… Cross References Leviticus 25:35 Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you. Leviticus 25:36 Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you. Deuteronomy 15:7 If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother. Deuteronomy 23:19 Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan. Deuteronomy 23:20 You may charge a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything to which you put your hand in the land that you are entering to possess. Nehemiah 5:7 and after serious thought I rebuked the nobles and officials, saying, "You are exacting usury from your own brothers!" So I called a large assembly against them Psalm 15:5 who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken. Treasury of Scripture If you lend money to any of my people that is poor by you, you shall not be to him as an usurer, neither shall you lay on him usury. Leviticus 25:35-37 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee… Deuteronomy 23:19,20 Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury: … 2 Kings 4:1,7 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen… Jump to Previous Act Charge Creditor Exact Hard Interest Lend Money Moneylender Needy Poor Use Usurer UsuryJump to Next Act Charge Creditor Exact Hard Interest Lend Money Moneylender Needy Poor Use Usurer UsuryExodus 22 1. Of Theft5. Of damage 7. Of trespasses 14. Of borrowing 16. Of fornication 18. Of witchcraft 19. Of bestiality 20. Of idolatry 21. Of strangers, widows, and fatherless 25. Of usury 26. Of pledges 28. Of reverence to magistrates 29. Of the first fruits 31. Of torn flesh (25-27) The Mosaic law of borrowing and lending was strange and peculiar. It was absolutely forbidden to exact any interest from those borrowers who were Israelites. The wording of the present passage, and of some others (Leviticus 25:35; Deuteronomy 15:7), construed strictly, prohibits interest only on loans to the poor; but, as in a primitive state of society only the poor wish to borrow, the qualifying expression lost its force, and to exact any interest of any Israelite was regarded as wrong. (See Psalm 15:5; Proverbs 28:8; Nehemiah 5:7; Nehemiah 5:11; Ezekiel 18:13; Ezekiel 22:12.) And some prohibitions, as Deuteronomy 23:19, were expressed in the most general terms. On the other hand, the lending of money upon interest to foreigners was distinctly allowed (Deuteronomy 23:20), and no limit placed upon the amount of interest that might be taken. . . . Verses 25-27. - The law of lending money and borrowing. It is peculiar to the Jewish law to forbid the lending of money at interest by citizen to citizen. In the present passage, and in some others (Leviticus 25:35; Deuteronomy 15:7), it might seem that interest was only forbidden in the case of a loan to one who was poor; but the general execration of usury (Job 24:9; Proverbs 28:8; Ezekiel 18:13; Ezekiel 22:12), and the description of the righteous man as "he that hath not given his money upon usury" (Psalm 15:5; Ezekiel 18:8), seem rather to imply that the practice, so far as Israelites were concerned, was forbidden altogether. On the other hand, it was distinctly declared (Deuteronomy 23:20) that interest might be taken from strangers. There does not seem to have been any rate of interest which was regarded as excessive, and "usurious," in the modern sense. In Scripture usury means simply interest. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Ifאִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not you lend תַּלְוֶ֣ה (tal·weh) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3867: To twine, to unite, to remain, to borrow, to lend money כֶּ֣סֶף ׀ (ke·sep̄) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3701: Silver, money to [one of] my people עַמִּ֗י (‘am·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock among you עִמָּ֔ךְ (‘im·māḵ) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's 5973: With, equally with [who is] poor, הֶֽעָנִי֙ (he·‘ā·nî) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6041: Poor, afflicted, humble you must not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no act תִהְיֶ֥ה (ṯih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be as a creditor כְּנֹשֶׁ֑ה (kə·nō·šeh) Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 5383: To lend, borrow on security, interest to him; ל֖וֹ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew you are not to charge תְשִׂימ֥וּן (ṯə·śî·mūn) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set him עָלָ֖יו (‘ā·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against any interest. נֶֽשֶׁךְ׃ (ne·šeḵ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5392: Interest on a, debt Links Exodus 22:25 NIVExodus 22:25 NLT Exodus 22:25 ESV Exodus 22:25 NASB Exodus 22:25 KJV Exodus 22:25 BibleApps.com Exodus 22:25 Biblia Paralela Exodus 22:25 Chinese Bible Exodus 22:25 French Bible Exodus 22:25 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 22:25 If you lend money to any (Exo. 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