Deuteronomy 23:21

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

You may charge interest to a foreigner, but not to a fellow Israelite, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all your undertakings in the land you are about to enter and possess.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    When you shall vow a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not delay to pay it: for the LORD your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    When thou shalt vow a vow unto Jehovah thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it: for Jehovah thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    When thou hast vowed a vowe vnto the Lorde thy God, se thou be not slacke to paye it. For he will surely requyre it of the, and it shalbe synne vnto the.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Whan thou makest a vowe vnto ye LORDE yi God, to shalt not be slacke to perfourme it: for the LORDE thy God shal requyre it of the, and it shal be synne vnto the.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    When thou shalt vowe a vowe vnto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not be slacke to paye it: for the Lorde thy God will surely require it of thee, and so it should be sinne vnto thee.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    When thou hast vowed a vowe vnto the Lorde thy God, thou shalt not flacke to pay it: For the Lorde thy God wyll surely require it of thee, and it shalbe sinne in thee.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    When you shall vow a vow to Yahweh your God, you shall not be slack to pay it: for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `When thou vowest a vow to Jehovah thy God, thou dost not delay to complete it; for Jehovah thy God doth certainly require it from thee, and it hath been in thee -- sin.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    When thou shalt vow a vow unto Jehovah thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it: for Jehovah thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    When thou shalt vow a vow unto Jehovah thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it: for Jehovah thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    When you take an oath to the Lord, do not be slow to give effect to it: for without doubt the Lord your God will make you responsible, and will put it to your account as sin.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    When you shall vow a vow to Yahweh your God, you shall not be slack to pay it: for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    When you make a vow to the LORD your God you must not delay in fulfilling it, for otherwise he will surely hold you accountable as a sinner.

Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 5:4-5 : 4 It is better not to make a vow than to make one and not fulfill it. 5 Do not let your mouth cause you to sin, and do not tell God’s messenger that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your words and destroy the work of your hands?
  • Deut 23:18 : 18 There shall be no cult prostitute among the daughters of Israel, nor shall there be a cult prostitute or sacred male among the sons of Israel.
  • Ps 66:13-14 : 13 I will come into Your house with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my vows to You. 14 The vows my lips uttered and my mouth spoke when I was in trouble.
  • Ps 76:11 : 11 Surely the wrath of mankind shall bring You praise, and the survivors of wrath shall restrain themselves.
  • Ps 116:18 : 18 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people.
  • Ps 56:12 : 12 In God I have trusted; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
  • Gen 28:20 : 20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, 'If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey I am taking, and give me food to eat and clothes to wear,
  • Gen 35:1-3 : 1 God said to Jacob, "Get up, go to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau." 2 So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your clothes." 3 "Let us arise and go up to Bethel, and I will build an altar there to the God who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone."
  • Lev 27:2-9 : 2 Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When someone makes a special vow to dedicate persons to the LORD according to your valuation, 3 the valuation for a male from twenty years old to sixty years old shall be fifty shekels of silver according to the sanctuary shekel. 4 But if it is a female, the valuation shall be thirty shekels. 5 If the person is five to twenty years old, the valuation for a male shall be twenty shekels, and for a female, ten shekels. 6 If the person is one month old to five years old, the valuation for a male shall be five shekels of silver, and for a female, three shekels of silver. 7 If the person is sixty years old or older, the valuation shall be fifteen shekels for a male and ten shekels for a female. 8 If someone is too poor to pay the valuation, they shall present the individual before the priest, and the priest shall assess the value according to what the one making the vow can afford. 9 If it is an animal that can be offered as an offering to the LORD, whatever is given to the LORD shall be holy. 10 It must not be exchanged or substituted, whether good for bad or bad for good. If it is exchanged, both the animal and its substitute shall become holy. 11 If it is an unclean animal that cannot be offered to the LORD as a sacrifice, it must be presented before the priest. 12 The priest shall assess it as either good or bad; whatever value the priest assigns, that shall be its value. 13 If the owner wishes to redeem it, they must add a fifth to its value. 14 If someone consecrates their house as holy to the LORD, the priest shall value it as either good or bad; whatever value the priest assigns, so it shall remain. 15 If the one who consecrated it wishes to redeem their house, they must add a fifth to the valuation price, and it shall become theirs. 16 If someone dedicates part of their field as their possession to the LORD, the valuation will be based on how much seed is required to sow it—a homer of barley seed will be valued at fifty shekels of silver. 17 If they dedicate their field during the Year of Jubilee, the valuation will stand as it is. 18 But if they dedicate their field after the Jubilee, the priest will calculate the value based on the number of years left until the next Jubilee, and a reduction will be made from the original valuation. 19 If the person who dedicated the field wishes to redeem it, they must add a fifth to the valuation price, and the field will be theirs again. 20 If they do not redeem the field, or if they have sold it to someone else, it can no longer be redeemed. 21 When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy to the LORD, like a field devoted to Him. It will belong to the priest as their possession. 22 If someone dedicates a field they purchased, one that is not part of their ancestral inheritance, to the LORD, 23 the priest will calculate its value up to the Year of Jubilee, and the person must pay the value on that day. It will be holy to the LORD. 24 In the Year of Jubilee, the field will return to the original owner from whom it was purchased, the one who holds it as their ancestral inheritance. 25 Every valuation will be according to the sanctuary shekel, where twenty gerahs make a shekel. 26 However, no one may dedicate the firstborn of their animals, because the firstborn already belongs to the LORD, whether it is an ox or a sheep. 27 If it is an unclean animal, it may be redeemed according to its valuation by adding a fifth of its value, or if not redeemed, it must be sold at its valuation. 28 Anything that is devoted to the LORD, whether a person, an animal, or a field from one's possession, cannot be sold or redeemed; everything devoted is most holy to the LORD. 29 No person who has been devoted to destruction for the LORD may be redeemed; they must be put to death. 30 A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD. 31 If anyone wishes to redeem any part of their tithe, they must add a fifth of its value to it. 32 Every tithe of the herd or flock, every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd’s rod, will be holy to the LORD. 33 No one may pick out the good from the bad or make any substitution. If anyone does substitute one animal for another, both the original animal and its substitute shall become holy and cannot be redeemed. 34 These are the commandments the LORD gave Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.
  • Num 30:1-9 : 1 Moses said to the Israelites everything the LORD had commanded him. 2 Moses spoke to the leaders of the tribes of Israel, saying, 'This is what the LORD has commanded:' 3 If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to bind himself by a promise, he must not break his word; he must do everything he said. 4 If a young woman living in her father’s household makes a vow to the LORD or obligates herself by a pledge, 5 and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, all her vows and every binding obligation she has made will stand. 6 But if her father rules against her when he hears about it, none of her vows or pledges by which she has obligated herself will stand. The LORD will forgive her because her father has objected to it. 7 If she marries after making a vow or rashly uttering a binding obligation by which she binds herself, 8 and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her, her vows or obligations she has made will stand. 9 But if her husband voids them when he hears about them, nothing she has vowed or promised by binding obligation will stand; the LORD will forgive her. 10 A widow or a divorced woman is bound by all her vows and the obligations she places on herself. 11 If a woman living in her husband's household makes a vow or takes an oath to bind herself by a pledge, 12 But if her husband hears about her vow and says nothing to her, he has approved all her vows and every obligation she has taken upon herself. They will stand. 13 But if her husband annuls them on the day he hears of them, then none of the words from her lips concerning her vows or the obligations she has taken upon herself will stand. Her husband has annulled them, and the LORD will forgive her. 14 Any vow or binding oath to deny herself can be confirmed or annulled by her husband. 15 But if her husband says nothing to her from one day to the next, he confirms all her vows or binding obligations that are upon her. He confirms them by saying nothing to her when he hears of them. 16 If he annuls them after he hears of them, then he must bear the consequences of her wrongdoing.
  • Jonah 1:16 : 16 Then the men feared the Lord greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows to Him.
  • Jonah 2:9 : 9 Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from their faithful love.
  • Matt 5:33 : 33 Again, you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'Do not break your oaths, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.'

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Deut 23:22-23
    2 verses
    84%

    22When you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not delay to fulfill it, for the LORD your God will surely demand it of you, and you will be guilty of sin.

    23But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty.

  • Eccl 5:4-5
    2 verses
    81%

    4It is better not to make a vow than to make one and not fulfill it.

    5Do not let your mouth cause you to sin, and do not tell God’s messenger that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your words and destroy the work of your hands?

  • Num 30:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2Moses spoke to the leaders of the tribes of Israel, saying, 'This is what the LORD has commanded:'

    3If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to bind himself by a promise, he must not break his word; he must do everything he said.

  • Num 32:23
    74%

    23But if you do not do this, you will have sinned against the Lord. Be sure your sin will find you out.

  • Job 22:27
    73%

    27You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.

  • Exod 20:7
    72%

    7You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses His name.

  • Deut 5:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who takes His name in vain.

    12Observe the Sabbath day to keep it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.

  • Exod 22:25
    70%

    25If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, return it to him before the sun sets.

  • Deut 15:10
    70%

    10You shall surely give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you undertake.

  • Deut 24:15
    70%

    15Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor and depend on it. Otherwise, they may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

  • Lev 27:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    2Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When someone makes a special vow to dedicate persons to the LORD according to your valuation,

  • Prov 20:25
    70%

    25It is a trap for someone to dedicate something rashly and only later to reconsider their vows.

  • Deut 6:13
    70%

    13Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.

  • Deut 12:26
    70%

    26Only take your holy offerings and your vows to the place the Lord will choose.

  • Deut 8:11
    70%

    11Be careful not to forget the Lord your God by failing to keep His commandments, judgments, and statutes that I am commanding you today.

  • Deut 24:18
    69%

    18Remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from there. That is why I command you to do this.

  • Deut 15:5
    69%

    5If only you carefully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being diligent to observe all these commandments that I am commanding you today.

  • Prov 22:26-27
    2 verses
    69%

    26Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge, or who puts up security for debts.

    27If you lack the means to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

  • Num 15:22
    69%

    22If you unintentionally fail to follow any of these commands that the Lord has instructed to Moses—

  • Deut 27:10
    69%

    10Obey the voice of the LORD your God and follow His commandments and statutes that I am giving you today.

  • Deut 24:12-13
    2 verses
    69%

    12If the person is poor, do not keep their pledge overnight.

    13Return their pledge by sunset so that they may sleep in their own garment and bless you; this will be considered a righteous act before the LORD your God.

  • Deut 24:10
    69%

    10When you lend your neighbor anything, do not enter their house to take what is offered as a pledge.

  • Exod 22:29
    69%

    29Do the same with your cattle and your sheep; let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but give them to me on the eighth day.

  • Deut 7:11
    69%

    11Therefore, you shall keep the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances that I am giving you today to follow.

  • Deut 29:12
    69%

    12He is confirming you today as His people, and He will be your God, just as He promised you and swore to your ancestors—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

  • Deut 10:20
    69%

    20Fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.

  • Matt 5:33
    69%

    33Again, you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'Do not break your oaths, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.'

  • Deut 8:19
    69%

    19If you ever forget the Lord your God and follow other gods, worshiping and bowing down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.

  • Lev 25:37
    68%

    37You must not lend them money at interest or sell them food for profit.

  • Deut 13:18
    68%

    18Do not let any of the things set apart for destruction cling to your hand, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger and show you mercy, have compassion on you, and increase you, as He swore to your ancestors.

  • Lev 5:4
    68%

    4Or if someone makes a rash oath to do something evil or good, whatever they may rashly utter with an oath, and it is hidden from them, but they later realize it, they are guilty in one of these cases.

  • Lev 22:23
    68%

    23You may offer a bull or lamb that has an overgrown or stunted limb as a freewill offering, but it will not be accepted as a vow offering.

  • Deut 28:15
    68%

    15But if you will not listen to the voice of the LORD your God and carefully follow all His commandments and statutes I am commanding you today, then all these curses will come upon you and overtake you.

  • Exod 13:11
    68%

    11When the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and your ancestors, and gives it to you,

  • Exod 34:15
    68%

    15Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat from their sacrifices.

  • Deut 23:18-20
    3 verses
    68%

    18There shall be no cult prostitute among the daughters of Israel, nor shall there be a cult prostitute or sacred male among the sons of Israel.

    19Do not bring the wages of a prostitute or the price of a dog into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, for both are detestable to the LORD your God.

    20Do not charge interest to your fellow Israelite—whether on money, food, or anything that may earn interest.

  • Num 5:6
    68%

    6Speak to the Israelites: If a man or woman commits any sin against another person and is unfaithful to the Lord, that person is guilty.

  • Deut 24:22
    68%

    22Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. That is why I command you to do this.

  • Lev 19:12
    68%

    12Do not swear falsely by my name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.