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Deuteronomy 15:10
New English Translation
Deuteronomy 15:10
New English Translation
10 You must by all means lend[a] to him and not be upset by doing it,[b] for because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you attempt.
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- Deuteronomy 15:10 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “by all means.”
- Deuteronomy 15:10 tc Heb “your heart must not be grieved in giving to him.” The LXX and Orig add, “you shall surely lend to him sufficient for his need,” a suggestion based on the same basic idea in v. 8. Such slavish adherence to stock phrases is without warrant in most cases, and certainly here.
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