Deuteronomy 15:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Saveb 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: ”

• Deuteronomy 15:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The year of release is no doubt identical with the sabbatical year of the earlier legislation ( Exodus 23:10 ff, and Leviticus 25:2 ff), the command of the older legislation being here amplified...

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• Deuteronomy 15:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (b) 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: (b) For if your debtor is ric...

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• Deuteronomy 15:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Three laws in the interest of the poor: the Sabbatical year, or year of release (p. 102, Exodus 21:2-11 *, Leviticus 25:39-55 *). Deuteronomy 15:1-6 . Every seventh year (probably the same ye...

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• Deuteronomy 15:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Save when. This rendering not in any ancient version. Authorized Version margin has "that there be no poor", &c. Revised Version. howbeit. Compare Deuteronomy 15:11 , shall never cease: i.e. o...

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• Deuteronomy 15:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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: There shall be no poor - That is,...

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• Deuteronomy 15:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Ver. 4, 5. Save when, &c.— Houbigant follows the marginal reading of our Bibles, joining the first clause of the 4th verse to the end of the 3rd, as explanatory, he observes, of the law: as...

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• Deuteronomy 15:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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 when there shall be no...

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• Deuteronomy 15:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Sabbatical Year This chapter deals with the year of release, or the Sabbatical Year, and should be compared with Leviticus 25 . In addition to the rest for the land and the manumission of Heb...

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• Deuteronomy 15:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Save when there shall be no poor (man) among you. — This clause is the source of a very interesting passage in the Acts of the Apostles, Deuteronomy 4:34 , “Great grace was upon them all, for nei...

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• Deuteronomy 15:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Here we have provision made for the relief of the poor and the less fortunate at regularly stated intervals. The great ideal is revealed in the words, "There shall be no poor with thee." This, howeve...

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• Deuteronomy 15:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Spiritually considered, what a mercy would this be, when that scripture shall be fulfilled, in which it is said, GOD'S people shall all be righteous; Isaiah 60:21 . In JESUS the very poorest are so....

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• Deuteronomy 15:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Save when there shall be no poor among you ,.... Then such a law could not take place, there would be no debts to be released; for this was never designed to screen rich persons from the payment of...

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• Deuteronomy 15:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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: Ver. 4. Save when there shall b...

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• Deuteronomy 15:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Save when there shall be no poor The words may be rendered thus, as in the margin of our Bibles: To the end that there be no poor among you. And so they contain a reason of this law; namely, that...

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• Deuteronomy 15:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  SEVENTH YEAR RELEASE OF DEBTS (vs.1-6) Out of compassion for the poor God required creditors to release debtors from their debts at the end of seven years. This surely reminds us of the grace of...

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• Deuteronomy 15:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Year of Release. B. C. 1451.       1 At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a r...

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• Deuteronomy 15:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  When there shall be no poor: so the words are an exception to the foregoing clause, which they restrain to the poor, and imply that if his brother was rich, he might exact his debt of him in that y...

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• Deuteronomy 15:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘ Howbeit there shall be no poor with you, (for Yahweh will surely bless you in the land which Yahweh your God is giving to you for an inheritance to possess it), if only you diligently listen to t...

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• Deuteronomy 15:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES .—The rules for the relief of the poor (Levites, strangers, widows, and orphans) by the triennial tithe are followed by others which forbid oppression. Deuteronomy 15:1 . Seven ye...

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• Deuteronomy 15:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Deuteronomy 15:1 . A release of all debts, as well as of servitude, at the end of the sixth year, to the poor who cannot pay. This is much the same as the English law of cancelling bookdebts at th...

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• Deuteronomy 15:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Keep the Passover. The yearly festivals The darker side of the Jewish religion was more than relieved by its outlets for joy. It identified in a marvelous manner the holy day and the holiday (s...

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• Deuteronomy 15:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION THE YEAR OF RELEASE FOR THE BENEFIT OF DEBTORS AND THE EMANCIPATION OF HEBREW SLAVES . THE SANCTIFICATION OF THE FIRSTBORN OF CATTLE . Deu...

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• Deuteronomy 15:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Of the Treatment of the Poor

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• Deuteronomy 15:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Deuteronomy 14:29 ; Deuteronomy 28:11 ; Deuteronomy 28:1-8 ; Isaiah 58:10 ; Isaiah 58:11 ; Proverbs 11:24 ; Proverbs 11:25 ; Proverbs 14:21 ; Proverbs 28:27

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• Deuteronomy 15:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Save when there shall be no poor — The words may be rendered thus, as in the margin of our Bibles, To the end that there be no poor among you. And so they contain a reason of this law, namely, that...

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