but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, which he lacks.
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but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, which he lacks.
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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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but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth.
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- Matthew 5:42 Give to him who asks you, and don’t turn away him who desires to borrow from you.
- Luke 6:34 If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 15:8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide…
Deu 15:8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, [in that] which he wanteth.
Ver. 8. Thou shalt surely lend him.] {See Trapp on "Mat 5:42"}
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Open thine hand wide unto him, i.e. deal bountifully…
Open thine hand wide unto him, i.e. deal bountifully and liberally with him, giving him as it were by handfuls.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him,....…
But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him,.... And give him bountifully and liberally; in order to which the heart must be first opened, the affections moved, and a willing mind disposed to give generously:
and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth: enough to answer his present exigencies, but not to cause him to abound, or to supply him with things needless and superfluous.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Open thine hand wide - That is, deal bountifully…
Open thine hand wide - That is, deal bountifully and liberally with him.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 8. Thou shalt open thine hand wide] Thy…
Verse 8. Thou shalt open thine hand wide] Thy benevolence shall be in proportion to his distress and poverty, and thy ability. Thou shalt have no other rule to regulate thy charity by.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Need of. The Rabbins understand this of giving freely…
Need of. The Rabbins understand this of giving freely without any prospect of receiving again, much less of any advantage by usury. They esteem themselves bound also, by the laws of humanity, to assist even idolaters, though they will not beg of such, in public. Some assert, that they never allow public beggars among themselves, and indeed such are seldom to be seen. Yet no law forbids it; and Juvenal (vi. 541,) upbraids them with begging slyly at Rome. Arcanum Judæa tremens mendicat in aurem. (Calmet) --- If people be in extreme want, the law requires that necessaries should be given them; but if they be not so far reduced, but that they may be able to pay again in a little time, it may suffice to lend. (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 8. Shalt surely lend him — An anticipation of…
8. Shalt surely lend him — An anticipation of the gospel injunction to do as we would be done unto.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 8. lend him] See on Deu_15:6.
8. lend him] See on Deu_15:6.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (8) Thou shalt open thine hand wide.—“Even many times.”
(8) Thou shalt open thine hand wide.—“Even many times.”
And shalt surely lend.—“If he does not like to take it as a gift, grant it to him as a loan.”
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Sufficient for his need.—“But it is not thy duty to make him rich.”
In that which he wanteth.—“Even ahorse to ride on, and a slave to run before him.”
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth;…
Sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth; literally, the sufficiency of his need which he needeth, i.e. whatever he might need to meet his requirements.
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