Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
“The land is not to be permanently sold because it is Mine, and you are only foreigners and temporary residents on My land.
New American Standard Bible
‘The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, for
King James Version
The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
International Standard Version
"The land is not to be sold with any finality, because the land belongs to me. You're sojourners and travelers with me.
A Conservative Version
And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine. For ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
American Standard Version
And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is mine: for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
Amplified
‘The land shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; you are [only] foreigners and temporary residents with Me.
Bible in Basic English
No exchange of land may be for ever, for the land is mine, and you are as my guests, living with me for a time.
Darby Translation
And the land shall not be sold for ever; for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
Julia Smith Translation
And the land shall not be sold to be cut off, for the land is to me; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
King James 2000
The land shall not be sold forever: for the land is mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
" 'But the land must not be sold in perpetuity, because the land [is] mine, because you [are] aliens and temporary residents with me.
Modern King James verseion
The land shall not be sold forever; for the land is Mine. For you are strangers and pilgrims with Me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wherefore the land shall not be sold forever, because that the land is mine, and ye but strangers and sojourners with me:
NET Bible
The land must not be sold without reclaim because the land belongs to me, for you are foreigners and residents with me.
New Heart English Bible
"'The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; for you are strangers and live as foreigners with me.
The Emphasized Bible
The land moreover shall not be sold beyond recovery, for, mine, is the land, - for, sojourners and settlers, ye are with me.
Webster
The land shall not be sold for ever; for the land is mine, for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
World English Bible
"'The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; for you are strangers and live as foreigners with me.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the land is not sold -- to extinction, for the land is Mine, for sojourners and settlers are ye with Me;
Themes
Agriculture or husbandry » Was promoted amongst the jews, by » The rights of redemption
Feast of jubilee » Enactments respecting » Redemption of sold property
God » Ownership of » Of the natural world
Holy land » All inheritances in, inalienable
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Land » Original title to, from God
divine Ownership » Of the natural world
Real estate » Land reverts to original owner in the year of jubilee
Interlinear
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Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 25:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Redemption Of Property
22
When you sow in the eighth year, you will be eating from the previous harvest. You will be eating this until the ninth year when its harvest comes in.
23 “The land is not to be permanently sold because it is Mine, and you are only foreigners and temporary residents on My land.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:15
For we live before You as foreigners and temporary residents in Your presence as were all our ancestors.
Psalm 39:12
and listen to my cry for help;
do not be silent at my tears.
For I am a foreigner residing with You,
a temporary resident like all my fathers.
1 Peter 2:11
Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and temporary residents
Leviticus 25:10
You are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim freedom in the land for all its inhabitants. It will be your Jubilee,
Deuteronomy 32:43
for He will avenge the blood of His servants.
He will take vengeance on His adversaries;
He will purify His land and His people.
2 Chronicles 7:20
then I will uproot Israel from the soil that I gave them, and this temple that I have sanctified for My name I will banish from My presence;
Psalm 85:1
For the choir director. A psalm of the sons of Korah.
You restored Jacob’s prosperity.
Hosea 9:3
Instead, Ephraim will return to Egypt,
and they will eat unclean food
Joel 2:18
Then the Lord became jealous for His land
Joel 3:2
and take them to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
I will enter into judgment with them there
because of My people, My inheritance Israel.
The nations have scattered the Israelites
in foreign countries
and divided up My land.
Genesis 23:4
“I am a foreign resident among you.
Genesis 47:9
Jacob said to Pharaoh, “My pilgrimage
Exodus 19:5
Now if you will listen to Me and carefully keep My covenant,
1 Kings 21:3
But Naboth said to Ahab, “I will never give my fathers’ inheritance
Psalm 24:1
A Davidic psalm.
the world and its inhabitants,
belong to the Lord;
Psalm 119:19
do not hide Your commands from me.
Isaiah 8:8
flood over it, and sweep through,
reaching up to the neck;
and its spreading streams
will fill your entire land, Immanuel!
Ezekiel 48:14
They must not sell or exchange any of it, and they must not transfer this choice part of the land, for it is holy to the Lord.
Hebrews 11:9-13
By faith he stayed as a foreigner in the land of promise, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, coheirs of the same promise.