Verse (Click for Chapter) GOD'S WORD® Translation There will always be poor people in the land. That's why I command you to be generous to other Israelites who are poor and needy. 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. Berean Study Bible For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land. Douay-Rheims Bible There will not be wanting poor in the land of thy habitation: therefore I command thee to open thy hand to thy needy and poor brother, that liveth in the land. English Revised Version For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt surely open thine hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land. King James Bible 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. World English Bible For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command you, saying, You shall surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your 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. Deuteronomy 15:11 Additional Translations ... Links Deuteronomy 15:11 NIVDeuteronomy 15:11 NLT Deuteronomy 15:11 ESV Deuteronomy 15:11 NASB Deuteronomy 15:11 NKJV Deuteronomy 15:11 KJV |