Leviticus 25:1

AMP: The Lord spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai, saying,

ASV: And Jehovah spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,

BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses on Mount Sinai,

DARBY: And Jehovah spoke to Moses in mount Sinai, saying,

DRA: And the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sinai, saying:

KJV: And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,

Leviticus 25:2

AMP: “Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘When you come into the land which I am giving you, then the land shall keep a Sabbath to the Lord.

ASV: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto Jehovah.

BSB: “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land itself must observe a Sabbath to the LORD.

DARBY: Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them, When ye come into the land that I will give you, the land shall celebrate a sabbath to Jehovah.

DRA: Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: When you shall have entered into the land which I will give you, observe the rest of the sabbath to the Lord.

KJV: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD.

Leviticus 25:3

AMP: For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its crop.

ASV: Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruits thereof;

BSB: For six years you may sow your field and prune your vineyard and gather its crops.

DARBY: Six years shalt thou sow thy field, and six years shalt thou prune thy vineyard, and gather in the produce thereof,

DRA: Six years thou shalt sow thy field and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and shalt gather the fruits thereof:

KJV: Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;

Leviticus 25:4

AMP: But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord; you shall not sow [seed in] your field nor prune your vineyard.

ASV: but in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath unto Jehovah: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

BSB: But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land — a Sabbath to the LORD.You are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard.

DARBY: but in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest for the land, a sabbath to Jehovah. Thy field shalt thou not sow, and thy vineyard shalt thou not prune.

DRA: But in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath to the land, of the resting of the Lord: thou shalt not sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

KJV: But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

Leviticus 25:5

AMP: Whatever reseeds itself (uncultivated) in your harvest you shall not reap, nor shall you gather the grapes from your uncultivated vine, it shall be a year of sabbatical rest for the land.

ASV: That which groweth of itself of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, and the grapes of thy undressed vine thou shalt not gather: it shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.

BSB: You are not to reap the aftergrowth of your harvest or gather the grapes of your untended vines. The land must have a year of complete rest.

DARBY: That which springeth up from the scattered seed of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, and the grapes of thine undressed vines thou shalt not gather: a year of rest shall it be for the land.

DRA: What the ground shall bring forth of itself, thou shalt not reap: neither shalt thou gather the grapes of the firstfruits as a vintage: for it is a year of rest to the land:

KJV: That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land.

Leviticus 25:6

AMP: And all of you shall have for food whatever the [untilled] land produces during its Sabbath year; yourself, and your male and female slaves, your hired servant, and the foreigners who reside among you,

ASV: And the sabbath of the land shall be for food for you; for thee, and for thy servant and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant and for thy stranger, who sojourn with thee.

BSB: Whatever the land yields during the Sabbath year shall be food for you— for yourself, your manservant and maidservant, the hired hand or foreigner who stays with you,

DARBY: And the sabbath of the land shall be for food for you, for thee, and for thy bondman, and for thy handmaid, and for thy hired servant, and for him that dwelleth as a sojourner with thee, and for thy cattle,

DRA: But they shall be unto you for meat, to thee and to thy manservant, to thy maidservant and thy hireling, and to the strangers that sojourn with thee:

KJV: And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee,

Leviticus 25:7

AMP: even your domestic animals and the [wild] animals that are in your land shall have all its crops to eat.

ASV: And for thy cattle, and for the beasts that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be for food.

BSB: and for your livestock and the wild animals in your land. All its growth may serve as food.

DARBY: and for the beasts that are in thy land: all the produce thereof shall be for food.

DRA: All things that grow shall be meat to thy beasts and to thy cattle.

KJV: And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.

Leviticus 25:8

AMP: ‘You are also to count off seven Sabbaths of years for yourself, seven times seven years, so that you have the time of the seven Sabbaths of years, namely, forty-nine years.

ASV: And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and there shall be unto thee the days of seven sabbaths of years, even forty and nine years.

BSB: And you shall count off seven Sabbaths of years — seven times seven years — so that the seven Sabbaths of years amount to forty-nine years.

DARBY: And thou shalt count seven sabbaths of years, seven times seven years; so that the days of the seven sabbaths of years be unto thee forty-nine years.

DRA: Thou shalt also number to thee seven weeks of years, that is to say, seven times seven, which together make forty-nine years:

KJV: And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.

Leviticus 25:9

AMP: Then you shall sound the ram’s horn everywhere on the tenth day of the seventh month (almost October); on the Day of Atonement you shall sound the trumpet throughout your land.

ASV: Then shalt thou send abroad the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month; in the day of atonement shall ye send abroad the trumpet throughout all your land.

BSB: Then you are to sound the horn far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month, the Day of Atonement. You shall sound it throughout your land.

DARBY: Then shalt thou cause the loud sound of the trumpet to go forth in the seventh month, on the tenth of the month; on the day of atonement shall ye cause the trumpet to go forth throughout your land.

DRA: And thou shalt sound the trumpet in the seventh month, the tenth day of the month, in the time of the expiation in all your land.

KJV: Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.

Leviticus 25:10

AMP: And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim freedom [for the slaves] throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a Jubilee (year of remission) for you, and each of you shall return to his own [ancestral] property [that was sold to another because of poverty], and each of you shall return to his family [from whom he was separated by bondage].

ASV: And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.

BSB: So you are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty in the land for all its inhabitants. It shall be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to his property and to his clan.

DARBY: And ye shall hallow the year of the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty in the land unto all the inhabitants thereof; a [year of] jubilee shall it be unto you, and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family;

DRA: And thou shalt sanctify the fiftieth year, and shalt proclaim remission to all the inhabitants of thy land: for it is the year of jubilee. Every man shall return to his possession, and every one shall go back to his former family:

KJV: And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.

Leviticus 25:11

AMP: That fiftieth year shall be a Jubilee for you; you shall not sow [seed], nor reap what reseeds itself, nor gather the grapes of the uncultivated vines.

ASV: A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather [the grapes] in it of the undressed vines.

BSB: The fiftieth year will be a Jubilee for you; you are not to sow the land or reap its aftergrowth or harvest the untended vines.

DARBY: a year of jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap its aftergrowth, nor gather [the fruit of] its undressed vines.

DRA: Because it is the jubilee and the fiftieth year. You shall not sow, nor reap the things that grow in the field of their own accord, neither shall you gather the firstfruits of the vines,

KJV: A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed.

Leviticus 25:12

AMP: For it is the Jubilee; it shall be holy to you; you shall eat its crops out of the field.

ASV: For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.

BSB: For it is a Jubilee; it shall be holy to you. You may eat only the crops taken directly from the field.

DARBY: For it is the jubilee; it shall be holy unto you; out of the field shall ye eat its produce.

DRA: Because of the sanctification of the jubilee: but as they grow you shall presently eat them.

KJV: For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.

Leviticus 25:13

AMP: ‘In this Year of Jubilee each of you shall return to his own [ancestral] property.

ASV: In this year of jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession.

BSB: In this Year of Jubilee, each of you shall return to his own property.

DARBY: In this year of the jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession.

DRA: In the year of the jubilee all shall return to their possessions.

KJV: In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.

Leviticus 25:14

AMP: If you sell anything to your friend or buy from your friend, you shall not wrong one another.

ASV: And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor`s hand, ye shall not wrong one another.

BSB: If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, you must not take advantage of each other.

DARBY: And if ye sell ought unto your neighbour, or buy of your neighbour's hand, ye shall not overreach one another.

DRA: When thou shalt sell any thing to thy neighbour, or shalt buy of him; grieve not thy brother: but thou shalt buy of him according to the number of years from the jubilee.

KJV: And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:

Leviticus 25:15

AMP: According to the number of years after the Jubilee, you shall buy from your friend. And he is to sell to you according to the number of years of crops [which may be harvested before you must restore the property to him].

ASV: According to the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbor, [and] according unto the number of years of the crops he shall sell unto thee.

BSB: You are to buy from your neighbor according to the number of years since the last Jubilee; he is to sell to you according to the number of harvest years remaining.

DARBY: According to the number of years since the jubilee, thou shalt buy of thy neighbour; according to the number of years of the produce, he shall sell unto thee.

DRA: And he shall sell to thee according to the computation of the fruits.

KJV: According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:

Leviticus 25:16

AMP: If the years [until the next Jubilee] are many, you shall increase the price, but if the years remaining are few, you shall reduce the price, because it is the number of crops that he is selling to you.

ASV: According to the multitude of the years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of the years thou shalt diminish the price of it; for the number of the crops doth he sell unto thee.

BSB: You shall increase the price in proportion to a greater number of years, or decrease it in proportion to a lesser number of years; for he is selling you a given number of harvests.

DARBY: According to the greater number of the years, thou shalt increase the price thereof; and according to the fewness of years, thou shalt diminish the price of it; for it is the number of crops that he selleth unto thee.

DRA: The more years remain after the jubilee, the more shall the price increase: and the less time is counted, so much the less shall the purchase cost. For he shall sell to thee the time of the fruits.

KJV: According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.

Leviticus 25:17

AMP: You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God [with profound reverence]; for I am the Lord your God.

ASV: And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am Jehovah your God.

BSB: Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.

DARBY: And ye shall not oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God; for I am Jehovah your God.

DRA: Do not afflict your countrymen, but let every one fear his God: because I am the Lord your God.

KJV: Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 25:18

AMP: ‘Therefore you shall carry out My statutes and keep My ordinances and do them, so that you may live securely on the land.

ASV: Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep mine ordinances and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

BSB: You are to keep My statutes and carefully observe My judgments, so that you may dwell securely in the land.

DARBY: And ye shall do my statutes, and observe mine ordinances and do them: thus shall ye dwell in your land securely.

DRA: Do my precepts, and keep my judgments, and fulfil them: that you may dwell in the land without any fear,

KJV: Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

Leviticus 25:19

AMP: Then the land will yield its produce, so that you can eat your fill and live securely on it.

ASV: And the land shall yield its fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.

BSB: Then the land will yield its fruit, so that you can eat your fill and dwell in safety in the land.

DARBY: And the land shall yield its fruit, and ye shall eat and be satisfied, and dwell therein securely.

DRA: And the ground may yield you its fruits, of which you may eat your fill, fearing no mall's invasion.

KJV: And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.

Leviticus 25:20

AMP: And if you say, “What are we going to eat in the seventh year if we do not sow [seed] or gather in our crops?”

ASV: And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;

BSB: Now you may wonder, ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow or gather our produce?’

DARBY: And if ye say, What shall we eat in the seventh year? behold, we may not sow, nor gather in our produce;

DRA: But if you say: What shall we eat the seventh year, if we sow not, nor gather our fruits?

KJV: And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:

Leviticus 25:21

AMP: then [this is My answer:] I will order My [special] blessing for you in the sixth year, so that it will produce [sufficient] crops for three years.

ASV: then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for the three years.

BSB: But I will send My blessing upon you in the sixth year, so that the land will yield a crop sufficient for three years.

DARBY: then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, that it may bring forth produce for three years;

DRA: I will give you my blessing the sixth year, and it shall yield the fruits of three years:

KJV: Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.

Leviticus 25:22

AMP: When you are sowing the eighth year, you can still eat old things from the crops, eating the old until the ninth year when its crop comes in.

ASV: And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits, the old store; until the ninth year, until its fruits come in, ye shall eat the old store.

BSB: While you are sowing in the eighth year, you will be eating from the previous harvest, until the ninth year’s harvest comes in.

DARBY: and ye shall sow in the eighth year, and ye shall eat of the old fruit until the ninth year; until her produce come in, ye shall eat the old.

DRA: And the eighth year you shall sow, and shall eat of the old fruits, until the ninth year: till new grow up, you shall eat the old store.

KJV: And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.

Leviticus 25:23

AMP: ‘The land shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; you are [only] foreigners and temporary residents with Me. [Heb 11:13; 1 Pet 2:11-17]

ASV: And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is mine: for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

BSB: The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.

DARBY: And the land shall not be sold for ever; for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

DRA: The land also shall not be sold for ever: because it is mine, and you are strangers and sojourners with me.

KJV: The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

Leviticus 25:24

AMP: So in all the country that you possess, you are to provide for the redemption of the land [in the Year of Jubilee].

ASV: And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.

BSB: Thus for every piece of property you possess, you must provide for the redemption of the land.

DARBY: And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.

DRA: For which cause all the country of your possession shall be under the condition of redemption.

KJV: And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.

Leviticus 25:25

AMP: ‘If a fellow countryman of yours becomes so poor he has to sell some of his property, then his nearest relative is to come and buy back (redeem) what his relative has sold.

ASV: If thy brother be waxed poor, and sell some of his possession, then shall his kinsman that is next unto him come, and shall redeem that which his brother hath sold.

BSB: If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his nearest of kin may come and redeem what his brother has sold.

DARBY: If thy brother grow poor, and sell of his possession, then shall his redeemer, his nearest relation, come and redeem that which his brother sold.

DRA: If thy brother being impoverished sell his little possession, and his kinsman will, he may redeem what he had sold.

KJV: If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.

Leviticus 25:26

AMP: Or in case a man has no relative [to redeem his property], but he has become more prosperous and has enough to buy it back,

ASV: And if a man have no one to redeem it, and he be waxed rich and find sufficient to redeem it;

BSB: Or if a man has no one to redeem it for him, but he prospers and acquires enough to redeem his land,

DARBY: And if the man have no one having right of redemption, and his hand have acquired and found what sufficeth for its redemption,

DRA: But if he have no kinsman, and he himself can find the price to redeem it:

KJV: And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;

Leviticus 25:27

AMP: then he shall calculate the years since its sale and refund the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and so return to his [ancestral] property. [1 Kin 21:2, 3]

ASV: then let him reckon the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return unto his possession.

BSB: he shall calculate the years since its sale, repay the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and return to his property.

DARBY: then shall he reckon the years since the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; and so return unto his possession.

DRA: The value of the fruits shall be counted from that time when he sold it: and the overplus he shall restore to the buyer, and so shall receive his possession again.

KJV: Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.

Leviticus 25:28

AMP: But if he is unable to redeem it, then what he has sold shall remain in the hands of the purchaser until the Year of Jubilee; but at the Jubilee it shall revert, and he may return to his property.

ASV: But if he be not able to get it back for himself, then that which he hath sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubilee: and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.

BSB: But if he cannot obtain enough to repay him, what he sold will remain in possession of the buyer until the Year of Jubilee. In the Jubilee, however, it is to be released, so that he may return to his property.

DARBY: And if his hand have not found what sufficeth for him to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of the purchaser, until the year of jubilee; and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.

DRA: But if his hands find not the means to repay the price, the buyer shall have what he bought, until the year of the jubilee. For in that year all that is sold shall return to the owner, and to the ancient possessor.

KJV: But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.

Leviticus 25:29

AMP: ‘If a man sells a house in a walled city, then his right of redemption remains valid for a full year after its sale; his right of redemption lasts a full year.

ASV: And if a man sell a dwelling-house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; for a full year shall he have the right of redemption.

BSB: If a man sells a house in a walled city, he retains his right of redemption until a full year after its sale; during that year it may be redeemed.

DARBY: And if any one sell a dwelling-house in a walled city, then he shall have the right of redemption up to the end of the year of the sale thereof; for a full year shall he have the right of redemption.

DRA: He that selleth a house within the walls of a city, shall have the liberty to redeem it, until one year be expired:

KJV: And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it.

Leviticus 25:30

AMP: But if it is not redeemed for him within a full year, then the house that is in the walled city passes permanently and irrevocably to the purchaser throughout his generations. It does not revert back in the Year of Jubilee.

ASV: And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sure in perpetuity to him that bought it, throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubilee.

BSB: If it is not redeemed by the end of a full year, then the house in the walled city is permanently transferred to its buyer and his descendants. It is not to be released in the Jubilee.

DARBY: But if it be not redeemed until a whole year is complete, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it, throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubilee.

DRA: If he redeem it not, and the whole year be fully out, the buyer shall possess it, and his posterity for ever, and it can- not be redeemed, not even in the jubilee.

KJV: And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.

Leviticus 25:31

AMP: The houses of the villages that have no surrounding walls, however, shall be considered as open fields. They may be redeemed, and revert in the Year of Jubilee.

ASV: But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be reckoned with the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee.

BSB: But houses in villages with no walls around them are to be considered as open fields. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.

DARBY: But the houses in villages that have no wall round about them shall be reckoned as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee.

DRA: But if the house be in a village, that hath no walls, it shall be sold according to the same law as the fields: if it be not redeemed before, in the jubilee it shall return to the owner.

KJV: But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile.

Leviticus 25:32

AMP: As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites have a permanent right of redemption for the houses in the cities which they possess.

ASV: Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.

BSB: As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the cities they possess.

DARBY: But as to the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities of their possession, the Levites shall have a perpetual right of redemption.

DRA: The houses of Levites, which are in cities, may always be redeemed:

KJV: Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.

Leviticus 25:33

AMP: Therefore, what is [purchased] from the Levites may be redeemed [by a Levite], and the house that was sold in the city they possess reverts in the Year of Jubilee, for the houses in the Levite cities are their [ancestral] property among the Israelites.

ASV: And if one of the Levites redeem, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.

BSB: So whatever belongs to the Levites may be redeemed— a house sold in a city they possess— and must be released in the Jubilee, because the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the Israelites.

DARBY: And if any one redeem from one of the Levites, then the house that was sold, in the city of his possession, shall go out in the jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.

DRA: If they be not redeemed, in the jubilee they shall all return to the owners, because the houses of the cities of the Levites are for their possessions among the children of Israel.

KJV: And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.

Leviticus 25:34

AMP: But the pasture lands of their cities may not be sold, for that is their permanent possession.

ASV: But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.

BSB: But the open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for this is their permanent possession.

DARBY: And the field of the suburbs of their cities shall not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.

DRA: But let not their suburbs be sold, because it is a perpetual possession.

KJV: But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.

Leviticus 25:35

AMP: ‘Now if your fellow countryman becomes poor and his hand falters with you [that is, he has trouble repaying you for something], then you are to help and sustain him, [with courtesy and consideration] like [you would] a stranger or a temporary resident [without property], so that he may live among you. [1 John 3:17]

ASV: And if thy brother be waxed poor, and his hand fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: [as] a stranger and a sojourner shall he live with thee.

BSB: Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.

DARBY: And if thy brother grow poor, and he be fallen into decay beside thee, then thou shalt relieve him, [be he] stranger or sojourner, that he may live beside thee.

DRA: If thy brother be impoverished, and weak of hand, and thou receive him as a stranger and sojourner, and he live with thee,

KJV: And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.

Leviticus 25:36

AMP: Do not charge him usurious interest, but fear your God [with profound reverence], so your countryman may [continue to] live among you.

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

BSB: Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.

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

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

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

Leviticus 25:37

AMP: You shall not give him your money at interest, nor your food at a profit.

ASV: Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase.

BSB: You must not lend him your silver at interest or sell him your food for profit.

DARBY: Thy money shalt thou not give him upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.

DRA: Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor exact of him any increase of fruits.

KJV: Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.

Leviticus 25:38

AMP: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

ASV: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, [and] to be your God.

BSB: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

DARBY: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, to be your God.

DRA: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that I might give you the land of Chanaan, and might be your God.

KJV: I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.

Leviticus 25:39

AMP: ‘And if your fellow countryman becomes so poor [in his dealings] with you that he sells himself to you [as payment for a debt], you shall not let him do the work of a slave [who is ineligible for redemption],

ASV: And if thy brother be waxed poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bond-servant.

BSB: If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor.

DARBY: And if thy brother grow poor beside thee, and be sold unto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:

DRA: If thy brother constrained by poverty, sell himself to thee, thou shalt not oppress him with the service of bondservants:

KJV: And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:

Leviticus 25:40

AMP: but he is to be with you as a hired man, as if he were a temporary resident; he shall serve with you until the Year of Jubilee,

ASV: As a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee; he shall serve with thee unto the year of jubilee:

BSB: Let him stay with you as a hired worker or temporary resident; he is to work for you until the Year of Jubilee.

DARBY: as a hired servant, as a sojourner, shall he be with thee; until the year of jubilee shall he serve thee.

DRA: But he shall be as a hireling, and a sojourner: he shall work with thee until the year of the jubilee,

KJV: But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:

Leviticus 25:41

AMP: and then he shall leave you, he and his children with him, and shall go back to his own family and return to the property of his fathers.

ASV: then shall he go out from thee, he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.

BSB: Then he and his children are to be released, and he may return to his clan and to the property of his fathers.

DARBY: Then shall he depart from thee, he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.

DRA: And afterwards he shall go out with his children, and shall return to his kindred and to the possession of his fathers,

KJV: And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.

Leviticus 25:42

AMP: For the Israelites are My servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold in a slave sale. [1 Cor 7:23]

ASV: For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.

BSB: Because the Israelites are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, they are not to be sold as slaves.

DARBY: For they are my bondmen, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as [men] sell bondmen.

DRA: For they are my servants, and I brought them out of the land of Egypt: let them not be sold as bondmen:

KJV: For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.

Leviticus 25:43

AMP: You shall not rule over him with harshness (severity, oppression), but you are to fear your God [with profound reverence]. [Eph 6:9; Col 4:1]

ASV: Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.

BSB: You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.

DARBY: Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; and thou shalt fear thy God.

DRA: Afflict him not by might, but fear thy God.

KJV: Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

Leviticus 25:44

AMP: As for your male and female slaves whom you may have—you may acquire male and female slaves from the pagan nations that are around you.

ASV: And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou shalt have; of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

BSB: Your menservants and maidservants shall come from the nations around you, from whom you may purchase them.

DARBY: And as for thy bondman and thy handmaid whom thou shalt have of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and handmaids.

DRA: Let your bondmen, and your bondwomen, be of the nations that are round about you.

KJV: Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

Leviticus 25:45

AMP: Moreover, from the children of the strangers who live as aliens among you, from them you may buy slaves and from their families who are with you, whom they have produced in your land; they may become your possession.

ASV: Moreover of the children of the strangers that sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land: and they shall be your possession.

BSB: You may also purchase them from the foreigners residing among you or their clans living among you who are born in your land. These may become your property.

DARBY: Moreover of the children of them that dwell as sojourners with you, of them may ye buy, and of their family that is with you, which they beget in your land, and they shall be your possession.

DRA: And of the strangers that sojourn among you, or that were born of them in your land, these you shall have for servants:

KJV: Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.

Leviticus 25:46

AMP: You may even bequeath them as an inheritance to your children after you, to receive as a possession; you can use them as permanent slaves. But in respect to your fellow countrymen, the children of Israel, you shall not rule over one another with harshness (severity, oppression).

ASV: And ye shall make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession; of them shall ye take your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel ye shall not rule, one over another, with rigor.

BSB: You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your brothers, the Israelites, no man may rule harshly over his brother.

DARBY: And ye shall leave them as an inheritance to your children after you, to inherit them as a possession: these may ye make your bondmen for ever; but as for your brethren, the children of Israel, ye shall not rule over one another with rigour.

DRA: And by right of inheritance shall leave them to your posterity, and shall possess them for ever. But oppress not your brethren the children of Israel by might.

KJV: And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.

Leviticus 25:47

AMP: ‘Now if the financial means of a stranger or temporary resident among you become sufficient, and your fellow countryman becomes poor in comparison to him and sells himself to the stranger who is living among you or to the descendants of the stranger’s family,

ASV: And if a stranger or sojourner with thee be waxed rich, and thy brother be waxed poor beside him, and sell himself unto the stranger [or] sojourner with thee, or to the stock of the stranger`s family;

BSB: If a foreigner residing among you prospers, but your countryman dwelling near him becomes destitute and sells himself to the foreigner or to a member of his clan,

DARBY: And if a stranger or sojourner become wealthy beside thee, and thy brother beside him grow poor, and sell himself unto the stranger, who is settled by thee, or to a scion of the stranger's family,

DRA: If the hand of a stranger or a sojourner grow strong among you, and thy brother being impoverished sell himself to him, or to any of his race:

KJV: And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger’s family:

Leviticus 25:48

AMP: then after he is sold he shall have the right of redemption. One of his relatives may redeem him:

ASV: after that he is sold he may be redeemed: one of his brethren may redeem him;

BSB: he retains the right of redemption after he has sold himself. One of his brothers may redeem him:

DARBY: after that he is sold there shall be right of redemption for him; one of his brethren may redeem him.

DRA: After the sale he may be redeemed. He that will of his brethren shall redeem him:

KJV: After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:

Leviticus 25:49

AMP: either his uncle or his uncle’s son may redeem him, or one of his blood relatives from his family may redeem him; or if he prospers, he may redeem himself.

ASV: or his uncle, or his uncle`s son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be waxed rich, he may redeem himself.

BSB: either his uncle or cousin or any close relative from his clan may redeem him. Or if he prospers, he may redeem himself.

DARBY: Either his uncle or his uncle's son may redeem him, or one of his next relations of his family may redeem him; or if his means be sufficient, he may redeem himself.

DRA: Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, or his kinsman, by blood, or by affinity. But if he himself be able also, he shall redeem himself,

KJV: Either his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.

Leviticus 25:50

AMP: Then he [or his redeemer] shall calculate with his purchaser from the year when he sold himself to the purchaser to the Year of Jubilee, and the [original] price of his sale shall be adjusted according to the number of years. The time he was with his owner shall be considered as that of a hired man.

ASV: And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he sold himself to him unto the year of jubilee: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years; according to the time of a hired servant shall he be with him.

BSB: He and his purchaser will then count the time from the year he sold himself up to the Year of Jubilee. The price of his sale will be determined by the number of years, based on the daily wages of a hired hand.

DARBY: And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubilee; and the price of his sale shall be according to the number of the years, according to the days of a hired servant shall he be with him.

DRA: Counting only the years from the time of his selling unto the year of the jubilee: and counting the money that he was sold for, according to the number of the years and the reckoning of a hired servant,

KJV: And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.

Leviticus 25:51

AMP: If there are still many years [before the Year of Jubilee], in proportion to them he must refund [to the purchaser] part of the price of his sale for his redemption and release.

ASV: If there be yet many years, according unto them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.

BSB: If many years remain, he must pay for his redemption in proportion to his purchase price.

DARBY: If there are yet many years, according unto them shall he return his redemption [money] out of the money that he was bought for;

DRA: If there be many years that remain until the jubilee, according to them shall he also repay the price.

KJV: If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.

Leviticus 25:52

AMP: And if only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, he shall so calculate it with him. He is to refund the proportionate amount for his release.

ASV: And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according unto his years shall he give back the price of his redemption.

BSB: If only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, he is to calculate and pay his redemption according to his remaining years.

DARBY: and if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according unto his [remaining] years [of service] shall he give him back his redemption [money].

DRA: If few, he shall make the reckoning with him according to the number of the years, and shall repay to the buyer of what remaineth of the years,

KJV: And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.

Leviticus 25:53

AMP: Like a man hired year by year he shall deal with him; he shall not rule over him with harshness in your sight.

ASV: As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight.

BSB: He shall be treated like a man hired from year to year, but a foreign owner must not rule over him harshly in your sight.

DARBY: As a hired servant shall he be with him year by year; [his master] shall not rule with rigour over him before thine eyes.

DRA: His wages being allowed for which he served before: he shall not afflict him violently in thy sight.

KJV: And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.

Leviticus 25:54

AMP: Even if he is not redeemed during these years and under these provisions, then he shall go free in the Year of Jubilee, he and his children with him.

ASV: And if he be not redeemed by these [means], then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, he, and his children with him.

BSB: Even if he is not redeemed in any of these ways, he and his children shall be released in the Year of Jubilee.

DARBY: And if he be not redeemed in this manner, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, he and his children with him.

DRA: And if by these means he cannot be redeemed, in the year of the jubilee he shall go out with his children.

KJV: And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.

Leviticus 25:55

AMP: For the children of Israel are My servants; My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

ASV: For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.

BSB: For the Israelites are My servants. They are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.[’’]

DARBY: For the children of Israel are servants unto me; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.

DRA: For the children of Israel are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt.

KJV: For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

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