Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 25:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Redemption Of Property
22 That way, you are to sow in the eighth year, eating the produce from the old harvest. Until the ninth year when its produce comes in, you'll eat from the old harvest." 23 "The land is not to be sold with any finality, because the land belongs to me. You're sojourners and travelers with me. 24 So throughout all of your land inheritance, grant the right of redemption for the land.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:15
For we are aliens and vagrants in your presence, as were all of our ancestors. Our days on the earth pass away like shadows, and we have no hope.
Psalm 39:12
Hear my prayer, LORD, pay attention to my cry, and do not ignore my tears. I am an alien in your presence, a stranger just like my ancestors were.
1 Peter 2:11
Dear friends, I urge you as aliens and exiles to keep on abstaining from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul.
Leviticus 25:10
Set aside and consecrate the fiftieth year to declare liberty throughout the land for all of its inhabitants. It is to be a jubilee for you. Every person is to return to his own land that he has inherited. Likewise, every person is to return to his tribe.
Deuteronomy 32:43
"Sing for joy, nations! Sing for joy, people who belong to him! For he'll avenge the blood of his servants, turn on his adversary, and cleanse both his land and his people."
2 Chronicles 7:20
then I will tear them up by the roots from the ground that I had given them! And as for this Temple that I have set apart for my name, I will throw it out of my sight and make it the butt of jokes and a means of ridicule among people worldwide!
Psalm 85:1
LORD you have favored your land and restored the fortunes of Jacob.
Hosea 9:3
They will not live in the LORD's land Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.
Joel 2:18
Then the LORD will show great concern for his land, and will have compassion on his people.
Joel 3:2
I will gather all nations, bringing them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. I will set out my case against them there, on behalf of my people, my heritage Israel, whom they scattered among the nations, apportioning my land among themselves.
Genesis 23:4
"I am an alien and an outsider among you. Give me a cemetery among you where I can bury my dead away from my presence."
Genesis 47:9
"I'm 130 years old," Jacob replied. "My years have turned out to be few and unpleasant, but I haven't yet reached the age my ancestors did during their travels on earth."
Exodus 19:5
And now if you carefully obey me and keep my covenant, you are to be my special possession out of all the nations, because the whole earth belongs to me,
1 Kings 21:3
But Naboth replied to Ahab, "No way! The LORD prohibits the sale to you of the inheritance of my ancestors!"
Psalm 24:1
The earth and everything in it exists for the LORD the world and those who live in it.
Psalm 119:19
Since I am a stranger on the earth, do not hide your commands from me.
Isaiah 8:8
"It's the king of Assyria and all of his arrogance! He will rise over all of the river's channels and run over all of its banks. He will sweep on into Judah, overflowing as he passes through, like flood waters reaching up to a person's neck. His outstretched wings will flow as wide as your land, O Immanuel!"
Ezekiel 48:14
Furthermore, they are not to sell or exchange any part of it, nor transfer these first fruits of the land, because it is holy to the LORD.
Hebrews 11:9-13
By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger, living in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who also inherited the same promise,