Passage

Leviticus 25.23

Book: Leviticus · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"21. then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for the three years. 22. And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits, the old store; until the ninth year, until its fruits come in, ye shall eat the old store."

"23. And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is mine: for ye are strangers and sojourners with me."

"24. And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land. 25. If thy brother be waxed poor, and sell some of his possession, then shall his kinsman that is next unto him come, and shall redeem that which his brother hath sold." (Leviticus 25:21-25, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"21. then I will command my blessing on you in the sixth year, and it shall bear fruit for the three years. 22. You 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."

"23. “‘The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; for you are strangers and live as foreigners with me."

"24. In all the land of your possession you shall grant a redemption for the land. 25. “‘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." (Leviticus 25:21-25, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"21. Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years. 22. And 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."

"23. The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. ^{for ever: or, to be quite cut off: Heb. for cutting off}"

"24. And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land. 25. If 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." (Leviticus 25:21-25, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"21. then I have commanded My blessing on you in the sixth year, and it hath made the increase for three years; 22. and 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."

"23. 'And the land is not sold, to extinction, for the land [is] Mine, for sojourners and settlers [are] ye with Me;"

"24. and in all the land of your possession a redemption ye do give to the land. 25. '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 25:21-25, YLT)

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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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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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