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Leviticus 25:36

Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.

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אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תִּקַּ֤חtiqachtakeלָקַחverb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “take”, a wish or indirect commandH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.מֵֽאִתּוֹ֙meitvofrom amongאֵתpreposition, preposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “from among”H854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.נֶ֣שֶׁךְneshekhusuryנֶשֶׁךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “usury”, the ordinary formH5392interest on a debtusury.וְתַרְבִּ֔יתvetarbitand increaseתַּרְבִּיתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and increase”, the ordinary formH8636multiplication, i.e. percentage or bonus in addition to principalincrease, unjust gain.וְיָרֵ֖אתָveyaretaand fearיָרֵאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and fear”, a completed action in a sequenceH3372to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frightenaffright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), [idiom] see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).מֵֽאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָmeeloheykhafrom Godאֱלֹהִיםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “from God”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH430gods 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 superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.וְחֵ֥יvecheand liveחָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and live”, a completed action in a sequenceH2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revivekeep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.אָחִ֖יךָachikhabrother ; kindredאָחnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “brother ; kindred”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.עִמָּֽךְimakhewithעִםpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Take thou no interest of him or increase; but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Take thou no interest of him or increase, but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.

Young’s Literal Translation

thou takest no usury from him, or increase; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; and thy brother hath lived with thee;

World English Bible

Take no interest from him or profit; but fear your God, that your brother may live among you.

Darby Translation

Thou shalt take no usury nor increase of him; and thou shalt fear thy God; that thy brother may live beside thee.

Douay-Rheims

Take not usury of him nor more than thou gavest: fear thy God, that thy brother may live with thee.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Take thou no interest of him or increase; but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thou shalt not receive from him interest, nor increase: and thou shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord: and thy brother shall live with thee.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οὐ λήψῃ παρʼ αὐτοῦ τόκον, οὐδὲ ἐπὶ πλήθει· καὶ φοβηθήσῃ τὸν Θεόν σου· ἐγὼ Κύριος· καὶ ζήσεται ὁ ἀδελφός σου μετὰ σοῦ.