Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase.
WEB
You must not lend him your silver at interest or sell him your food for profit.
YLT
thy money thou givest not to him in usury, and for increase thou givest not thy food;
DBT
Thy money shalt thou not give him upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentLeviticus — A holy people before a holy God. Five offerings, a priesthood, a purity code — and at the centre, a single day that carries the sins of a year to a cleansed Most Holy Place.
- Author
- Moses — receives these laws at Sinai; the repeated formula is ‘the LORD spake unto Moses, saying’
- Date
- Composed during Israel's year at Sinai (15th–13th century BC)