Passage

Leviticus 25.13-17

Book: Leviticus · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

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

"13. In this year of jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession. 14. And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not wrong one another. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am Jehovah your God."

"18. Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep mine ordinances and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. 19. And the land shall yield its fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety." (Leviticus 25:11-19, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"11. That 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. 12. For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy to you. You shall eat of its increase out of the field."

"13. “‘In this Year of Jubilee each of you shall return to his property. 14. “‘If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another. 15. According 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. 16. According 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. 17. You shall not wrong one another; but you shall fear your God: for I am Yahweh your God."

"18. “‘Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety. 19. The land shall yield its fruit, and you shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety." (Leviticus 25:11-19, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

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

"13. In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession. 14. And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another: 15. 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: 16. 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. 17. Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God."

"18. Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. 19. And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety." (Leviticus 25:11-19, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"11. '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; 12. for a jubilee it [is], holy it is to you; out of the field ye eat its increase;"

"13. in the year of this jubilee ye turn back each unto his possession. 14. 'And when thou sellest anything to thy fellow, or buyest from the hand of thy fellow, ye do not oppress one another; 15. by 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; 16. according 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; 17. and ye do not oppress one another, and thou hast been afraid of thy God; for I [am] Jehovah your God."

"18. 'And ye have done My statutes, and My judgments ye keep, and have done them, and ye have dwelt on the land confidently, 19. and the land hath given its fruit, and ye have eaten to satiety, and have dwelt confidently on it." (Leviticus 25:11-19, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

Jubilee System

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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