DEUTERONOMY 15:6

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“For the Lord thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.”

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Deuteronomy 15:6 Translation & Meaning

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For כִּֽי (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed For
the Lord יְהוָ֤ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
thy God אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative God
blesseth בֵּֽרַכְךָ֔ To kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason) blesseth
thee, as כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֖ר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc thee as
he promised דִּבֶּר Perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue promised
thee: and thou shalt lend וְהַֽעֲבַטְתָּ֞ To pawn; causatively, to lend (on security); figuratively, to entangle lend
unto many רַבִּ֗ים Abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality) many
nations, גּוֹיִ֣ם A foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts nations
but thou וְאַתָּה֙ Thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you but thou
shalt not לֹ֣א Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles not
borrow; תַֽעֲבֹ֔ט To pawn; causatively, to lend (on security); figuratively, to entangle borrow
and thou shalt reign וּמָֽשַׁלְתָּ֙ To rule reign
over many רַבִּ֔ים Abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality) many
nations, בְּגוֹיִ֣ם A foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts nations
but they shall not לֹ֥א Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles not
reign יִמְשֹֽׁלוּ׃ To rule reign
over thee. יִמְשֹֽׁלוּ׃ To rule over thee

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  • 4  Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the Lord shall greatly bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:

  • 5  Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.

  • 6  For the Lord thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.

  • 7  If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

  • 8  But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.




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