Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But if they do not acquire the means to repay, what was sold will remain in the possession of the buyer until the Year of Jubilee. It will be returned in the Jubilee, and they can then go back to their property. New Living Translation But if the original owner cannot afford to buy back the land, it will remain with the new owner until the next Year of Jubilee. In the jubilee year, the land must be returned to the original owners so they can return to their family land. English Standard Version But if he does not have sufficient means to recover it, then what he sold shall remain in the hand of the buyer until the year of jubilee. In the jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his property. Berean Standard Bible 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. King James Bible 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. New King James Version But if he is not able to have it restored to himself, then what was sold shall remain in the hand of him who bought it until the Year of Jubilee; and in the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his possession. New American Standard Bible But if he has not found sufficient means to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hands of its purchaser until the year of jubilee; but at the jubilee it shall revert, so that he may return to his property. NASB 1995 ‘But if he has not found sufficient means to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hands of its purchaser until the year of jubilee; but at the jubilee it shall revert, that he may return to his property. NASB 1977 ‘But if he has not found sufficient means to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hands of its purchaser until the year of jubilee; but at the jubilee it shall revert, that he may return to his property. Legacy Standard Bible But if he has not found sufficient means to return it to himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hands of its purchaser until the year of jubilee; but at the jubilee it shall revert, that he may return to his possession of land. Amplified Bible 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. Christian Standard Bible But if he cannot obtain enough to repay him, what he sold will remain in the possession of its purchaser until the Year of Jubilee. It is to be released at the Jubilee, so that he may return to his property. Holman Christian Standard Bible But if he cannot obtain enough to repay him, what he sold will remain in the possession of its purchaser until the Year of Jubilee. It is to be released at the Jubilee, so that he may return to his property.” American Standard Version 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And if it does not come into his hands so as to pay him, the purchase shall be firm to him who bought it until the year of restoration, and he shall go forth in the restoration and he shall return to his inheritance. Brenton Septuagint Translation But if his hand have not prospered sufficiently, so as that he should restore the money to him, then he that bought the possessions shall have them till the sixth year of the release; and it shall go out in the release, and the owner shall return to his possession. Contemporary English Version But if you don't have the money to pay the present owner a fair price, you will have to wait until the Year of Celebration, when the property will once again become yours. Douay-Rheims Bible 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. English Revised Version 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 jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession. GOD'S WORD® Translation However, if he cannot earn enough to buy it back, what he sold stays in the hands of the buyer until the year of jubilee. In the jubilee it will be released, and he will own it again. Good News Translation But if you do not have enough money to buy the land back, it remains under the control of the one who bought it until the next Year of Restoration. In that year it will be returned to its original owner. International Standard Version If he's not able to redeem it back for himself, then what he sold is to remain in the hand of the buyer until the year of jubilee. In the jubilee, it is to be returned so he may return to his property. JPS Tanakh 1917 But if he have not sufficient means 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. Literal Standard Version And if his hand has not found sufficiency to give back to him, then his sold thing has been in the hand of him who buys it until the Year of Jubilee; and it has gone out in the Jubilee, and he has returned to his possession. Majority Standard Bible 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. New American Bible But if the person does not acquire sufficient means to buy back the land, what was sold shall remain in the possession of the purchaser until the year of the jubilee, when it must be released and returned to the original owner. NET Bible If he has not prospered enough to refund a balance to him, then what he sold will belong to the one who bought it until the jubilee year, but it must revert in the jubilee and the original owner may return to his property. New Revised Standard Version But if there are not sufficient means to recover it, what was sold shall remain with the purchaser until the year of jubilee; in the jubilee it shall be released, and the property shall be returned. New Heart English Bible But if he isn't able to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hand of him who has bought it until the Year of Jubilee: and in the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his property. Webster's Bible Translation But if he shall not be 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 jubilee: and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return to his possession. World English Bible But if he isn’t able to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hand of him who has bought it until the Year of Jubilee. In the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his property. Young's Literal Translation 'And if his hand hath not found sufficiency to give back to him, then hath his sold thing been in the hand of him who buyeth it till the year of jubilee; and it hath gone out in the jubilee, and he hath returned to his possession. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Law of Redemption…27he shall calculate the years since its sale, repay the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and return to his property. 28But 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. 29If 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.… Cross References Leviticus 25:10 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. Leviticus 25:13 In this Year of Jubilee, each of you shall return to his own property. Leviticus 25:29 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. Leviticus 25:30 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. Treasury of Scripture But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that has bought it until the year of jubilee: and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return to his possession. and in the Leviticus 25:13 In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession. he shall Isaiah 35:9,10 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: … Jeremiah 32:15 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land. 1 Corinthians 15:52-54 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed… Jump to Previous Able Acquire Bought Buyer Buyeth Found Hand Hands Jubilee Kept Means Possession Price Property Purchaser Released Repay Restore Revert Sold Sufficiency SufficientJump to Next Able Acquire Bought Buyer Buyeth Found Hand Hands Jubilee Kept Means Possession Price Property Purchaser Released Repay Restore Revert Sold Sufficiency SufficientLeviticus 25 1. the Sabbath of the seventh year8. The jubilee in the fiftieth year 14. Of oppression 18. A blessing of obedience 23. The redemption of land 29. Of houses 35. Compassion to the poor 39. The usage of bondmen 47. The redemption of servants (28) Not able to restore it to him.--That is, if the vendor is unable to return to the purchaser the probable value of the crops between the contemplated redemption and the next jubile year. Then that which is sold.--In that case the land thus sold is to continue with the purchaser till jubile, when it is to revert to the vendor without any repayment whatever. The design of this law was to secure to each family a permanent interest in the soil, and to prevent the accumulation of land on the part of the greedy few who are ever anxious to join field unto field, thus precluding the existence of landless beggars and too extensive landed proprietors. To the same effect were the laws of inheritance (Numbers 27:6-11; Numbers 36:5-13). Similar laws obtained among other nations of antiquity. Laws were enacted that the lots which were distributed among the inhabitants were neither to be sold nor bought. Solon made it a law that no one should acquire as much land as he wished; whilst Plato held that no individual person is to possess more than four times the quantity of land than the lowest owner, who had only a single lot. Hebrew But ifוְאִ֨ם (wə·’im) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not he cannot לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no obtain מָֽצְאָ֜ה (mā·ṣə·’āh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present enough דֵּי֮ (dê) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1767: Sufficiency, enough to repay הָשִׁ֣יב (hā·šîḇ) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again him, לוֹ֒ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew what he sold מִמְכָּר֗וֹ (mim·kā·rōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 4465: Merchandise, a selling will remain וְהָיָ֣ה (wə·hā·yāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be in possession בְּיַד֙ (bə·yaḏ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 3027: A hand of the buyer הַקֹּנֶ֣ה (haq·qō·neh) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7069: To erect, create, to procure, by purchase, to own until עַ֖ד (‘aḏ) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while the Year שְׁנַ֣ת (šə·naṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 8141: A year of Jubilee. הַיּוֹבֵ֑ל (hay·yō·w·ḇêl) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3104: A ram, ram's horn (a wind instrument) In the Jubilee, בַּיֹּבֵ֔ל (bay·yō·ḇêl) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3104: A ram, ram's horn (a wind instrument) however, it is to be released, וְיָצָא֙ (wə·yā·ṣā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim so that he may return וְשָׁ֖ב (wə·šāḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again to his property. לַאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃ (la·’ă·ḥuz·zā·ṯōw) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 272: Something seized, a possession Links Leviticus 25:28 NIVLeviticus 25:28 NLT Leviticus 25:28 ESV Leviticus 25:28 NASB Leviticus 25:28 KJV Leviticus 25:28 BibleApps.com Leviticus 25:28 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 25:28 Chinese Bible Leviticus 25:28 French Bible Leviticus 25:28 Catholic Bible OT Law: Leviticus 25:28 But if he isn't able to get (Le Lv Lev.) |