DEU 15:11 Parallel View

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ULT For the poor will not cease to be among the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You must surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor in your land.’

UST There will always be some poor people in your land, so I command you to give generously to poor people, to your fellow Israelites.

BSB 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.

OEB No OEB DEU book available

WEB For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.

NET There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open your hand to your fellow Israelites who are needy and poor in your land.

LSV because the poor does not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding you, saying, You certainly open your hand to your brother, to your poor and to your needy one in your land.

FBV You will always have those who are poor and in need among you, so that's why I'm telling you to give generously to them.

T4T If you do that, Yahweh will bless you in everything that you do. There will always be some poor people in your land, so I command you to give generously to poor [DOU] people.”

LEB For the poor will not cease to beamong youin the land; therefore I am commanding you, saying, ‘You shall willingly open your hand to your brother, to your needy and to your poorthat are in your land.’

BBE For there will never be a time when there are no poor in the land; and so I give orders to you, Let your hand be open to your countrymen, to those who are poor and in need in your land.

MOF No MOF DEU book available

JPS For the poor shall never cease out of the land; therefore I command thee, saying: 'Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy poor and needy brother, in thy land.'

ASV 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.

DRA 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.

YLT 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.

DBY For the needy shall never cease from within the land; therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto thy brother, to thy poor and to thy needy, in thy land.

RV 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.

WBS 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.

KJB 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.
(For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine/your hand wide unto thy/your brother, to thy/your poor, and to thy/your needy, in thy/your land.)

BB The lande shall neuer be without poore: and therfore I comaunde thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hande vnto thy brother that is needy & poore in thy lande.
(The land shall never be without poore: and therefore I comaunde thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine/your hand unto thy/your brother that is needy and poor in thy/your land.)

GNV Because there shall be euer some poore in the land, therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand vnto thy brother, to thy needie, and to thy poore in thy land.
(Because there shall be ever some poor in the land, therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine/your hand unto thy/your brother, to thy/your needie, and to thy/your poor in thy/your land.)

CB The londe shal neuer be without poore, therfore commaunde I the and saye, that thou open thine hande vnto thy brother, which is neady and poore in thy londe.
(The land shall never be without poore, therefore command I the and say, that thou/you open thine/your hand unto thy/your brother, which is neady and poor in thy/your land.)

WYC Pore men schulen not faile in the lond of `thin habitacioun; therfor Y comaunde to thee, that thou opene the hond to thi brother nedi and pore, that lyuen with thee in the lond.
(Pore men should not faile in the land of `thin habitacioun; therefore I comaunde to thee, that thou/you opene the hand to thy/your brother nedi and pore, that lyuen with thee in the land.)

LUT Es werden allezeit Arme sein im Lande; darum gebiete ich dir und sage, daß du deine Hand auftust deinem Bruder, der bedrängt und arm ist in deinem Lande.
(It become allezeit Arme his in_the land; therefore gebiete I you and sage, that you deine Hand auftust deinem brother, the bedrängt and arm is in deinem land.)

CLV Non deerunt pauperes in terra habitationis tuæ: idcirco ego præcipio tibi, ut aperias manum fratri tuo egeno et pauperi, qui tecum versatur in terra.
(Non deerunt pauperes in earth/land habitationis tuæ: idcirco I præcipio tibi, as aperias manum fratri tuo egeno and pauperi, who tecum versatur in terra.)

BRN For the poor shall not fail off thy land, therefore I charge thee to do this thing, saying, Thou shalt surely open thine hands to thy poor brother, and to him that is distressed upon thy land.

BrLXX Οὐ γὰρ μὴ ἐκλίπῃ ἐνδεὴς ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς σου· διὰ τοῦτο ἐγώ σοι ἐντέλλομαι ποιεῖν τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο, λέγων, ἀνοίγων ἀνοίξεις τὰς χεῖράς σου τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου τῷ πένητι καὶ τῷ ἐπιδεομένῳ τῷ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς σου.
(Ou gar maʸ eklipaʸ endeaʸs apo taʸs gaʸs sou; dia touto egō soi entellomai poiein to ɽaʸma touto, legōn, anoigōn anoixeis tas ⱪeiras sou tōi adelfōi sou tōi penaʸti kai tōi epideomenōi tōi epi taʸs gaʸs sou.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives

לֹא־יֶחְדַּ֥ל אֶבְי֖וֹן מִ⁠קֶּ֣רֶב הָ⁠אָ֑רֶץ

not cease poor from,in the=earth/land

If it would be clearer in your language, you could use a positive expression to translate this double negative that consists of the negative particle not and the negative verb cease. Alternate translation: “needy people will live among you continually”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

אֶבְי֖וֹן

poor

Moses is using the adjective poor as a noun to mean poor people. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: “needy people”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

אָנֹכִ֤י מְצַוְּ⁠ךָ֙ לֵ⁠אמֹ֔ר פָּ֠תֹחַ תִּפְתַּ֨ח אֶת־יָדְ⁠ךָ֜ לְ⁠אָחִ֧י⁠ךָ לַ⁠עֲנִיֶּ֛⁠ךָ וּ⁠לְ⁠אֶבְיֹנְ⁠ךָ֖ בְּ⁠אַרְצֶֽ⁠ךָ

I command,you to=say to_open you_open DOM hand,your to,brother,your to,poor,your and,to,needy,your in/on/at/with,land,your

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: “I command you to open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor in your land”

Note 4 topic: writing-quotations

לֵ⁠אמֹ֔ר

to=say

Here, the word saying introduces direct speech. Consider natural ways of doing that in your own language.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication

פָּ֠תֹחַ תִּפְתַּ֨ח

to_open you_open

Moses is repeating the verb open in order to intensify the idea that it expresses. If your language can repeat words for intensification, it would be appropriate to do that here in your translation. If not, your language may have another way of expressing the emphasis. Alternate translation: “You must surely open”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

פָּ֠תֹחַ תִּפְתַּ֨ח אֶת־יָדְ⁠ךָ֜

to_open you_open DOM hand,your

Here open your hand means “give generously.” Moses is speaking of opening one’s hand as if one were allowing other people to take whatever they wanted from oneself. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Eagerly offer help”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לְ⁠אָחִ֧י⁠ךָ

to,brother,your

Here, brother means “fellow Israelite.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “to your fellow countryman”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / distinguish

לְ⁠אָחִ֧י⁠ךָ לַ⁠עֲנִיֶּ֛⁠ךָ וּ⁠לְ⁠אֶבְיֹנְ⁠ךָ֖

to,brother,your to,poor,your and,to,needy,your

This does not mean “to all poor people and to all needy people.” Moses is referring to Israelites who are poor or needy. Be sure that this distinction is clear in your translation. Alternate translation: “to your brother who is needy and poor”

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

לַ⁠עֲנִיֶּ֛⁠ךָ וּ⁠לְ⁠אֶבְיֹנְ⁠ךָ֖

to,poor,your and,to,needy,your

The terms needy and poor mean similar things. Moses is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: “to the ones who are in need”

Note 10 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

לַ⁠עֲנִיֶּ֛⁠ךָ וּ⁠לְ⁠אֶבְיֹנְ⁠ךָ֖

to,poor,your and,to,needy,your

Moses is using the adjectives needy and poor as nouns to mean needy people and poor people. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: “to your ones who are needy, and to your ones who are poor”

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