King James Version
Deuteronomy 15:3 in the King James Version says “Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;”
Deuteronomy 15:3 · KJV
At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD'S release. creditor: Heb. master of the lending of his hand
Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;
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: Save: or, To the end that there be no poor among you
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“Of a foreigner”
H5237strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)
“thou mayest exact”
H5065to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
“it again but that which is thine with thy brother”
H251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
“shall release”
H8058to fling down; incipiently to jostle; figuratively, to let alone, desist, remit
“thine hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
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