Other translations
American Standard Version
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
Darby Bible Translation
He shall lend to thee, but thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him. He shall be as the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him. He shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.
God's Word
They will be able to make loans to you, but you won't be able to make loans to them. They will be the head, and you will be the tail.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
He will lend to you, but you won't lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail."
International Standard Version
He will lend to you, but you won't lend to him. He'll be the head, but you'll be the tail.
NET Bible
They will lend to you but you will not lend to them; they will become the head and you will become the tail!
New American Standard Bible
"He shall lend to you, but you will not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you will be the tail.
New International Version
They will lend to you, but you will not lend to them. They will be the head, but you will be the tail.
New Living Translation
They will lend money to you, but you will not lend to them. They will be the head, and you will be the tail!
Webster's Bible Translation
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
The World English Bible
He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him: he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.
EasyEnglish Bible
They will lend money to you, but you will not lend money to them. They will become your leaders. You will have to follow behind them.
Young‘s Literal Translation
he doth lend [to] thee, and thou dost not lend [to] him; he is for head, and thou art for tail.
New Life Version
He will give to you. But you will not give to him. He will be the head and you will be the tail.
The Voice Bible
They will lend to you, but you won’t lend to them; they’ll be the head, and you’ll be the tail.
Living Bible
They shall lend to you, not you to them! They shall be the head and you shall be the tail!
New Catholic Bible
He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him. He shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.
Legacy Standard Bible
He shall lend to you, but you will not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you will be the tail.
Jubilee Bible 2000
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him; he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
Christian Standard Bible
He will lend to you, but you won’t lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.
Amplified Bible © 1954
He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.
New Century Version
Foreigners will lend money to you, but you will not be able to lend to them. They will be like the head, and you will be like the tail.
The Message
The foreigner who lives among you will climb the ladder, higher and higher, while you go deeper and deeper into the hole. He’ll lend to you; you won’t lend to him. He’ll be the head; you’ll be the tail.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
He will cause you to borrow, but you will not cause him to borrow. He will become the head, and you will become the tail.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
They shall lend to you but you shall not lend to them; they shall be the head and you shall be the tail.
Good News Translation®
They will have money to lend you, but you will have none to lend them. In the end they will be your rulers.
Wycliffe Bible
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him; he shall be into the head, and thou shalt be into the tail. (He shall lend to thee, but thou shalt not lend to him; he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.)
Contemporary English Version
You will be so short of money that you will have to borrow from those foreigners. They will be the leaders in the community, and you will be the followers.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
They shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to them; they shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
They shall lend to you but you shall not lend to them; they shall be the head and you shall be the tail.
Common English Bible © 2011
They will lend to you, but you will have nothing to lend to them. They will be the head of things; you will be the tail.
Amplified Bible © 2015
He will lend to you [out of his affluence], but you will not lend to him [because of your poverty]; he will be the head, and you the tail.
English Standard Version Anglicised
He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him. He shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
They will lend to you, not you to them. They will become the head, you the tail.
New American Standard Bible
He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him; he will be the head, and you will be the tail.
The Expanded Bible
·Foreigners [L They] will lend money to you, but you will not be able to lend to them. They will be like the head, and you will be like the tail.
Tree of Life Version
He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him; he will become the head and you will become the tail.
Revised Standard Version
He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.
New International Reader's Version
They will lend money to you. But you won’t be able to lend money to them. They will be the leaders. But you will be the followers.
BRG Bible
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
Complete Jewish Bible
He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him; he will be the head and you the tail.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
They shall lend to you but you shall not lend to them; they shall be the head and you shall be the tail.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him; he shall be the rosh, and thou shalt be the zanav.
Names of God Bible
They will be able to make loans to you, but you won’t be able to make loans to them. They will be the head, and you will be the tail.
Modern English Version
He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, but you will be the tail.
Easy-to-Read Version
The foreigners will have money to loan you, but you will not have any money to loan them. They will control you the way the head controls the body. You will be like the tail.
International Children’s Bible
Foreigners will lend money to you. But you will not be able to lend to them. They will be like the head. And you will be like the tail.
Lexham English Bible
He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, but you shall be the tail.
New International Version - UK
They will lend to you, but you will not lend to them. They will be the head, but you will be the tail.