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Leviticus 25 - Compare Translations

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Leviticus 25:1
KJVAnd the Lord spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,
WEBYahweh said to Moses in Mount Sinai,
YLTAnd Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in mount Sinai, saying,
Leviticus 25:2
KJVSpeak 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.
WEB“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a Sabbath to Yahweh.
YLT`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye come in unto the land which I am giving to you, then hath the land kept a sabbath to Jehovah.
Leviticus 25:3
KJVSix years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;
WEBYou shall sow your field six years, and you shall prune your vineyard six years, and gather in its fruits;
YLT`Six years thou dost sow thy field, and six years thou dost prune thy vineyard, and hast gathered its increase,
Leviticus 25:4
KJVBut 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.
WEBbut in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to Yahweh. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard.
YLTand in the seventh year a sabbath of rest is to the land, a sabbath to Jehovah; thy field thou dost not sow, and thy vineyard thou dost not prune;
Leviticus 25:5
KJVThat 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.
WEBWhat grows of itself in your harvest you shall not reap, and you shall not gather the grapes of your undressed vine. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.
YLTthe spontaneous growth of thy harvest thou dost not reap, and the grapes of thy separated thing thou dost not gather, a year of rest it is to the land.
Leviticus 25:6
KJVAnd 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.
WEBThe Sabbath of the land shall be for food for you; for yourself, for your servant, for your maid, for your hired servant, and for your stranger, who lives as a foreigner with you.
YLT`And the sabbath of the land hath been to you for food, to thee, and to thy man-servant, and to thy handmaid, and to thy hireling, and to thy settler, who are sojourning with thee;
Leviticus 25:7
KJVAnd for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.
WEBFor your livestock also, and for the animals that are in your land, shall all its increase be for food.
YLTand to thy cattle, and to the beast which [is] in thy land, is all thine increase for food.
Leviticus 25:8
KJVAnd 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.
WEB“‘You shall count off seven Sabbaths of years, seven times seven years; and there shall be to you the days of seven Sabbaths of years, even forty-nine years.
YLT`And thou hast numbered to thee seven sabbaths of years, seven years seven times, and the days of the seven sabbaths of years have been to thee nine and forty years,
Leviticus 25:9
KJVThen 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.
WEBThen you shall sound the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month. On the Day of Atonement you shall sound the trumpet throughout all your land.
YLTand thou hast caused a trumpet of shouting to pass over in the seventh month, in the tenth of the month; in the day of the atonements ye do cause a trumpet to pass over through all your land;
Leviticus 25:10
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Leviticus 25:11
KJVA 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.
WEBThat fiftieth year shall be a jubilee to you. In it you shall not sow, neither reap that which grows of itself, nor gather from the undressed vines.
YLT`A jubilee it [is], the fiftieth year, a year it is to you; ye sow not, nor reap its spontaneous growth, nor gather its separated things;
Leviticus 25:12
KJVFor it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.
WEBFor it is a jubilee; it shall be holy to you. You shall eat of its increase out of the field.
YLTfor a jubilee it [is], holy it is to you; out of the field ye eat its increase;
Leviticus 25:13
KJVIn the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.
WEB“‘In this Year of Jubilee each of you shall return to his property.
YLTin the year of this jubilee ye turn back each unto his possession.
Leviticus 25:14
KJVAnd if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
WEB“‘If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.
YLT`And when thou sellest anything to thy fellow, or buyest from the hand of thy fellow, ye do not oppress one another;
Leviticus 25:15
KJVAccording 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:
WEBAccording to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall buy from your neighbor. According to the number of years of the crops he shall sell to you.
YLTby the number of years after the jubilee thou dost buy from thy fellow; by the number of the years of increase he doth sell to thee;
Leviticus 25:16
KJVAccording 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.
WEBAccording to the length of the years you shall increase its price, and according to the shortness of the years you shall diminish its price; for he is selling the number of the crops to you.
YLTaccording to the multitude of the years thou dost multiply its price, and according to the fewness of the years thou dost diminish its price; for a number of increases he is selling to thee;
Leviticus 25:17
KJVYe shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God:for I am the Lord your God.
WEBYou shall not wrong one another; but you shall fear your God: for I am Yahweh your God.
YLTand ye do not oppress one another, and thou hast been afraid of thy God; for I [am] Jehovah your God.
Leviticus 25:18
KJVWherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
WEB“‘Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety.
YLT`And ye have done My statutes, and My judgments ye keep, and have done them, and ye have dwelt on the land confidently,
Leviticus 25:19
KJVAnd the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
WEBThe land shall yield its fruit, and you shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
YLTand the land hath given its fruit, and ye have eaten to satiety, and have dwelt confidently on it.
Leviticus 25:20
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Leviticus 25:21
KJVThen I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
WEBthen I will command my blessing on you in the sixth year, and it shall bear fruit for the three years.
YLTthen I have commanded My blessing on you in the sixth year, and it hath made the increase for three years;
Leviticus 25:22
KJVAnd 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.
WEBYou shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits, the old store; until the ninth year, until its fruits come in, you shall eat the old store.
YLTand ye have sown the eighth year, and have eaten of the old increase; until the ninth year, until the coming in of its increase, ye do eat the old.
Leviticus 25:23
KJVThe land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine, for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
WEB“‘The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; for you are strangers and live as foreigners with me.
YLT`And the land is not sold -- to extinction, for the land [is] Mine, for sojourners and settlers [are] ye with Me;
Leviticus 25:24
KJVAnd in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.
WEBIn all the land of your possession you shall grant a redemption for the land.
YLTand in all the land of your possession a redemption ye do give to the land.
Leviticus 25:25
KJVIf 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.
WEB“‘If your brother becomes poor, and sells some of his possessions, then his kinsman who is next to him shall come, and redeem that which his brother has sold.
YLT`When thy brother becometh poor, and hath sold his possession, then hath his redeemer who is near unto him come, and he hath redeemed the sold thing of his brother;
Leviticus 25:26
KJVAnd if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;
WEBIf a man has no one to redeem it, and he becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it;
YLTand when a man hath no redeemer, and his own hand hath attained, and he hath found as sufficient [for] its redemption,
Leviticus 25:27
KJVThen 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.
WEBthen let him reckon the years since its sale, and restore the surplus to the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return to his property.
YLTthen he hath reckoned the years of its sale, and hath given back that which is over to the man to whom he sold [it], and he hath returned to his possession.
Leviticus 25:28
KJVBut 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.
WEBBut 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.
YLT`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.
Leviticus 25:29
KJVAnd 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.
WEB“‘If a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it has been sold. For a full year he shall have the right of redemption.
YLT`And when a man selleth a dwelling-house [in] a walled city, then hath his right of redemption been until the completion of a year from its selling; days -- is his right of redemption;
Leviticus 25:30
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Leviticus 25:31
KJVBut 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.
WEBBut the houses of the villages which have no wall around them shall be accounted for with the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.
YLTand a house of the villages which have no wall round about, on the field of the country is reckoned; redemption is to it, and in the jubilee it goeth out.
Leviticus 25:32
KJVNotwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
WEB“‘Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities of their possession, the Levites may redeem at any time.
YLT`As to cities of the Levites -- houses of the cities of their possession -- redemption age-during is to the Levites;
Leviticus 25:33
KJVAnd 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.
WEBThe Levites may redeem the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, and it shall be released in the Jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
YLTas to him who redeemeth from the Levites, both the sale of a house and the city of his possession have gone out in the jubilee, for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession in the midst of the sons of Israel.
Leviticus 25:34
KJVBut the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
WEBBut the field of the pasture lands of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
YLTAnd a field, a suburb of their cities, is not sold; for a possession age-during it [is] to them.
Leviticus 25:35
KJVAnd 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.
WEB“‘If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself among you; then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident.
YLT`And when thy brother is become poor, and his hand hath failed with thee, then thou hast kept hold on him, sojourner and settler, and he hath lived with thee;
Leviticus 25:36
KJVTake thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
WEBTake no interest from him or profit, but fear your God; that your brother may live among you.
YLTthou takest no usury from him, or increase; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; and thy brother hath lived with thee;
Leviticus 25:37
KJVThou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
WEBYou shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.
YLTthy money thou givest not to him in usury, and for increase thou givest not thy food;
Leviticus 25:38
KJVI 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.
WEBI am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
YLTI [am] Jehovah your God, who hath brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give to you the land of Canaan, to become your God.
Leviticus 25:39
KJVAnd 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:
WEB“‘If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you; you shall not make him to serve as a slave.
YLT`And when thy brother becometh poor with thee, and he hath been sold to thee, thou dost not lay on him servile service;
Leviticus 25:40
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Leviticus 25:41
KJVAnd 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.
WEBthen he shall go out from you, he and his children with him, and shall return to his own family, and to the possession of his fathers.
YLTthen he hath gone out from thee, he and his sons with him, and hath turned back unto his family; even unto the possession of his fathers he doth turn back.
Leviticus 25:42
KJVFor they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
WEBFor they are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. They shall not be sold as slaves.
YLT`For they [are] My servants, whom I have brought out from the land of Egypt: they are not sold [with] the sale of a servant;
Leviticus 25:43
KJVThou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
WEBYou shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.
YLTthou rulest not over him with rigour, and thou hast been afraid of thy God.
Leviticus 25:44
KJVBoth 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.
WEB“‘As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have; of the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.
YLT`And thy man-servant and thy handmaid whom thou hast [are] of the nations who [are] round about you; of them ye buy man-servant and handmaid,
Leviticus 25:45
KJVMoreover 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.
WEBMoreover of the children of the aliens who live among you, of them you may buy, and of their families who are with you, which they have conceived in your land; and they will be your property.
YLTand also of the sons of the settlers who are sojourning with you, of them ye buy, and of their families who [are] with you, which they have begotten in your land, and they have been to you for a possession;
Leviticus 25:46
KJVAnd 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.
WEBYou may make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession; of them may you take your slaves forever; but over your brothers the children of Israel you shall not rule, one over another, with harshness.
YLTand ye have taken them for inheritance to your sons after you, to occupy [for] a possession; to the age ye lay service upon them, but upon your brethren, the sons of Israel, one with another, thou dost not rule over him with rigour.
Leviticus 25:47
KJVAnd 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:
WEB“‘If an alien or temporary resident with you becomes rich, and your brother beside him has grown poor, and sells himself to the stranger or foreigner living among you, or to a member of the stranger’s family;
YLT`And when the hand of a sojourner or settler with thee attaineth [riches], and thy brother with him hath become poor, and he hath been sold to a sojourner, a settler with thee, or to the root of the family of a sojourner,
Leviticus 25:48
KJVAfter that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:
WEBafter he is sold he may be redeemed. One of his brothers may redeem him;
YLTafter he hath been sold, there is a right of redemption to him; one of his brethren doth redeem him,
Leviticus 25:49
KJVEither 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.
WEBor his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or any who is a close relative to him of his family may redeem him; or if he has grown rich, he may redeem himself.
YLTor his uncle, or a son of his uncle, doth redeem him, or any of the relations of his flesh, of his family, doth redeem him, or -- his own hand hath attained -- then he hath been redeemed.
Leviticus 25:50
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Leviticus 25:51
KJVIf 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.
WEBIf there are yet many years, according to them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
YLT`If yet many years, according to them he giveth back his redemption [money], from the money of his purchase.
Leviticus 25:52
KJVAnd 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.
WEBIf there remain but a few years to the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according to his years of service he shall give back the price of his redemption.
YLT`And if few are left of the years till the year of jubilee, then he hath reckoned with him, according to his years he doth give back his redemption [money];
Leviticus 25:53
KJVAnd as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.
WEBAs a servant hired year by year shall he be with him. He shall not rule with harshness over him in your sight.
YLTas an hireling, year by year, he is with him, and he doth not rule him with rigour before thine eyes.
Leviticus 25:54
KJVAnd 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.
WEBIf he isn’t redeemed by these means, then he shall be released in the Year of Jubilee, he, and his children with him.
YLT`And if he is not redeemed in these [years], then he hath gone out in the year of jubilee, he and his sons with him.
Leviticus 25:55
KJVFor 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.
WEBFor to me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.
YLTFor to Me [are] the sons of Israel servants; My servants they [are], whom I have brought out of the land of Egypt; I, Jehovah, [am] your God.
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