The Sabbath Year
2 '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.
2 Speak 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.
2 “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you come into the land which I shall give you, then the land shall have a sabbath to the Lord.
2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land I am giving you, the land will observe a Sabbath to the Lord.
2 "Tell the Israelis that when you enter the land that I'm about to give you, you are to let the land observe a Sabbath to the LORD.
3 'Six years thou dost sow thy field, and six years thou dost prune thy vineyard, and hast gathered its increase,
3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;
3 (A)Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its crop,
3 You may sow your field for six years, and you may prune your vineyard and gather its produce for six years.
3 For six years you may plant your fields, and for six years you may prune your vineyard and gather its produce.
4 and 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;
4 But 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.
4 but during (B)the seventh year the land shall have a sabbath rest, a sabbath to the Lord; you shall not sow your field nor prune your vineyard.
4 But there will be a Sabbath of complete rest(A) for the land in the seventh year, a Sabbath to the Lord: you are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard.
4 But the seventh year is to be a Sabbath of rest for the land a Sabbath for the LORD. You are not to plant your field or prune your vineyard.
5 the 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.
5 That 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.
5 Your harvest’s (b)aftergrowth you shall not reap, and your grapes of untrimmed vines you shall not gather; the land shall have a sabbatical year.
5 You are not to reap what grows by itself from your crop, or harvest the grapes of your untended vines. It must be a year of complete rest for the land.
5 You are not to gather what grows from the spilled kernels of your crops. You are not to pick the grapes of your untrimmed vines. Let it be a year of Sabbath for the land.
6 '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;
6 And 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,
6 (C)All of you shall have the sabbath products of the land for food; yourself, and your male and female slaves, and your hired man and your foreign resident, those who live as aliens with you.
6 Whatever the land produces during the Sabbath year can be food for you—for yourself, your male or female slave, and the hired hand or foreigner who stays with you.
6 You may take the Sabbath produce of the land for your food you, your male and maid servants, your hired laborers, and the resident alien with you.
7 and to thy cattle, and to the beast which is in thy land, is all thine increase for food.
7 And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.
7 Even your cattle and the animals that are in your land shall have all its crops to eat.
7 All of its growth may serve as food for your livestock and the wild animals in your land.
7 The cattle and the wild animals in your land everything it produces are for your food.
The Year Of Jubilee
8 '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,
8 And 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.
8 ‘You are also to count off seven sabbaths of years for yourself, seven times seven years, so that you have the time of the seven sabbaths of years, namely, forty-nine years.
8 “You are to count seven sabbatical years, seven times seven years, so that the time period of the seven sabbatical years amounts to 49.
8 "Count for yourselves seven years of Sabbaths seven times seven years. This set of seven weeks of years total 49 years for you.
9 and 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;
9 Then 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.
9 You shall then sound a ram’s horn abroad on (D)the tenth day of the seventh month; on the day of atonement you shall sound a horn all through your land.
9 Then you are to sound a trumpet loudly in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month; you will sound it throughout your land on the Day of Atonement.(B)
9 Sound a horn on the tenth day of the seventh month of this fiftieth year. Likewise, on the Day of Atonement, sound the horn throughout your land.
10 and ye have hallowed the year, the fiftieth year; and ye have proclaimed liberty in the land to all its inhabitants; a jubilee it is to you; and ye have turned back each unto his possession; yea, each unto his family ye do turn back.
10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
10 You shall thus consecrate the fiftieth year and (E)proclaim (c)a release through the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, (d)and (F)each of you shall return to his own property, (e)and each of you shall return to his family.
10 You are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim freedom in the land for all its inhabitants. It will be your Jubilee,(C) when each of you is to return to his property and each of you to his clan.
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.
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;
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.
11 You shall have the fiftieth year as a jubilee; you shall not sow, nor reap its aftergrowth, nor gather in from its untrimmed vines.
11 The fiftieth year will be your Jubilee; you are not to sow, reap what grows by itself, or harvest its untended vines.
11 The fiftieth year is to be a year of jubilee for you. You are not to sow or harvest the spilled kernels that grow of themselves or pick grapes from the untrimmed vines
12 for a jubilee it is, holy it is to you; out of the field ye eat its increase;
12 For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.
12 For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy to you. You shall eat its crops out of the field.
12 It is to be holy to you because it is the Jubilee; you may only eat its produce directly from the field.
12 because it's the jubilee it's sacred for you. But you may eat its produce from the field.
Release Of Landed Property
13 in the year of this jubilee ye turn back each unto his possession.
13 In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.
13 “In this Year of Jubilee, each of you will return to his property.
13 "During this year of jubilee, each person is to return to his own land that he has inherited.
14 'And when thou sellest anything to thy fellow, or buyest from the hand of thy fellow, ye do not oppress one another;
14 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
14 If you make a sale, moreover, to your friend or buy from your friend’s hand, (H)you shall not wrong one another.
14 So if you had sold property to a neighbor or had acquired land from your neighbor, you are not to cheat 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;
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:
15 Corresponding to the number of years after the jubilee, you shall buy from your (f)friend; he is to sell to you according to the number of years of crops.
15 You are to make the purchase from your neighbor based on the number of years since the last Jubilee. He is to sell to you based on the number of remaining harvest years.
15 According to the number of years after the jubilee, you may buy from your neighbor. And according to the number of years with crops, he may sell to you.
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;
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.
16 (I)In proportion to the (g)extent of the years you shall increase its price, and in proportion to the fewness of the years you shall diminish its price, for it is a number of crops he is selling to you.
16 You are to increase its price in proportion to a greater amount of years, and decrease its price in proportion to a lesser amount of years, because what he is selling to you is a number of harvests.
16 If the number of years after the jubilee is more, increase the selling price. If the number of years after the jubilee is few, decrease its selling price, because he's selling to you according to the potential production volume of the land.
17 and ye do not oppress one another, and thou hast been afraid of thy God; for I am Jehovah your God.
17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.
17 So (J)you shall not wrong one another, but you shall (h)fear your God; for I am the Lord your God.
17 You are not to cheat one another, but fear your God, for I am Yahweh your God.
17 No one is to cheat his neighbor. Instead, you are to fear your God, because I am the LORD your God.
The Problem Of The Seventh Year
18 'And ye have done My statutes, and My judgments ye keep, and have done them, and ye have dwelt on the land confidently,
18 Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
18 ‘You shall thus observe My statutes and keep My judgments, so as to carry them out, that (K)you may live securely on the land.
18 “You are to keep My statutes and ordinances and carefully observe them, so that you may live securely in the land.(E)
18 "Observe my statutes and keep my ordinances. Do them so that you may live securely in the land.
19 and the land hath given its fruit, and ye have eaten to satiety, and have dwelt confidently on it.
19 And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
19 Then the land will yield its produce, so that you can eat your fill and live securely on it.
19 Then the land will yield its fruit, so that you can eat, be satisfied, and live securely in the land.
19 Then the land will yield its fruit and you'll eat to your satisfaction and live securely.
20 'And when ye say, What do we eat in the seventh year, lo, we do not sow, nor gather our increase?
20 And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
20 But if you say, “(L)What are we going to eat on the seventh year (i)if we do not sow or gather in our crops?”
20 If you wonder: ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we don’t sow or gather our produce?’
20 "Now if you ask, "What will we eat during the seventh year? After all, we may not plant or even gather our produce!'
21 then I have commanded My blessing on you in the sixth year, and it hath made the increase for three years;
21 Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
21 then (M)I will so order My blessing for you in the sixth year that it will bring forth the crop for three years.
21 I will appoint My blessing for you in the sixth year, so that it will produce a crop sufficient for three years.
21 I'll command my blessing on you during the sixth year so that it will yield produce 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.
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.
22 When you are sowing the eighth year, you can still eat (N)old things from the crop, eating the old until the ninth year when its crop comes in.
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.
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."
Redemption Of Property
23 And the land is not sold -- to extinction, for the land is Mine, for sojourners and settlers are ye with Me;
23 The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
23 ‘The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, for (O)the land is Mine; for (P)you are but aliens and sojourners with Me.
23 “The land is not to be permanently sold because it is Mine, and you are only foreigners and temporary residents on My land.(a)(F)
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 and in all the land of your possession a redemption ye do give to the land.
24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.
24 You are to allow the redemption of any land you occupy.
24 So throughout all of your land inheritance, grant the right of redemption for 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;
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.
25 ‘(Q)If a (k)fellow countryman of yours becomes so poor he has to sell part of his property, then his nearest kinsman is to come and buy back what his (l)relative has sold.
25 If your brother becomes destitute and sells part of his property, his nearest relative may come and redeem what his brother has sold.
25 "If your brother becomes so poor that he has to a sell portion of his inheritance, then his nearest kinsman redeemer is to come and redeem what his brother has sold.
26 and when a man hath no redeemer, and his own hand hath attained, and he hath found as sufficient for its redemption,
26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;
26 Or in case a man has no kinsman, but so (m)recovers his means as to find sufficient for its redemption,
26 If a person doesn't have a kinsman redeemer, but has become rich and found sufficient means for his redemption,
27 then 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.
27 Then 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.
27 (R)then he shall calculate the years since its sale and refund the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and so return to his property.
27 he may calculate the years since its sale, repay the balance to the man he sold it to, and return to his property.
27 then let him account for the years for which it was sold, return the excess to the person to whom it was sold, and then return to his property.
28 '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.
28 But 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.
28 But if (n)he has not found sufficient means to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hands of its purchaser until the year of jubilee; but at the jubilee it shall (o)revert, that (S)he may return to his property.
28 But if he cannot obtain enough to repay him, what he sold will remain in the possession of its purchaser until the Year of Jubilee. It is to be released at the Jubilee, so that he may return to his property.
28 If he's not able to redeem it back for himself, then what he sold is to remain in the hand of the buyer until the year of jubilee. In the jubilee, it is to be returned so he may return to his property.
Release Of Houses
29 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;
29 And 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.
29 ‘Likewise, if a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then his redemption right remains valid until a full year from its sale; his right of redemption lasts a full year.
29 “If a man sells a residence in a walled city, his right of redemption will last until a year has passed after its sale; his right of redemption will last a year.
29 "If a person sells a residential house in a walled city, he is to redeem it within the year in which it was sold. He may have right to its redemption for a full year.
30 and if it is not redeemed until the fulness to him of a perfect year, then hath the house which is in a walled city been established to extinction to the buyer of it, to his generations; it goeth not out in the jubilee;
30 And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.
30 But if it is not bought back for him within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city passes permanently to its purchaser throughout his generations; it does not (p)revert in the jubilee.
30 If it is not redeemed by the end of a full year, then the house in the walled city is permanently transferred to its purchaser throughout his generations. It is not to be released on the Jubilee.
30 But if it's not redeemed by the end of a full year, then the house next to which is a wall is to belong in perpetuity to the one who bought it throughout his generations. It is not to be returned in the jubilee.
31 and 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.
31 But 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.
31 The houses of the villages, however, which have no surrounding wall shall be considered (q)as open fields; they have redemption rights and (r)revert in the jubilee.
31 But houses in villages that have no walls around them are to be classified as open fields. The right to redeem such houses stays in effect, and they are to be released at the Jubilee.
31 However, the houses in the villages that don't have walls around them are to be categorized along with the fields of the land they may be redeemed and returned in the jubilee.
32 As to cities of the Levites -- houses of the cities of their possession -- redemption age-during is to the Levites;
32 Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
32 As for (T)cities of the Levites, the Levites have a permanent right of redemption for the houses of the cities which are their possession.
32 “Concerning the Levitical cities,(G) the Levites always have the right to redeem houses in the cities they possess.
32 Nevertheless, the cities that belong to the descendants of Levi that is, the houses in the cities that belong to them are to belong to the descendants of Levi perpetually as part of their right of redemption.
33 as 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.
33 And 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.
33 What, therefore, (s)belongs to the Levites may be redeemed and a house sale (t)in the city of this possession (u)reverts in the jubilee, for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the sons of Israel.
33 Whatever property one of the Levites can redeem(c)—a house sold in a city they possess—must be released at the Jubilee, because the houses in the Levitical cities are their possession among the Israelites.
33 If someone from the descendants of Levi redeems the houses in the cities that they own, they are to be returned in the jubilee, because the houses of the cities of the descendants of Levi are to remain their property among the Israelis.
34 And a field, a suburb of their cities, is not sold; for a possession age-during it is to them.
34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
34 The open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for it is their permanent possession.
34 Also, the open land of their cities is not to be sold, because it is to remain their perpetual inheritance."
Kindness For Poor Brothers
35 '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;
35 And 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.
35 ‘(V)Now in case a (v)countryman of yours becomes poor and his (w)means with regard to you falter, then you are to sustain him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you.
35 “If your brother becomes destitute and cannot sustain himself among(d) you, you are to support him as a foreigner or temporary resident, so that he can continue to live among you.
35 "If your relative becomes so poor that he is indebted to you, then you are to support him. You are to let him live with you just like the resident alien and the traveler.
36 thou takest no usury from him, or increase; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; and thy brother hath lived with thee;
36 Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
36 (W)Do not take (x)usurious interest from him, but revere your God, that your (y)countryman may live with you.
36 Do not profit or take interest from him,(H) but fear your God and let your brother live among you.
36 You are not to take interest or profit from him. Instead, you are to fear your God and let your relative live with you.
37 thy money thou givest not to him in usury, and for increase thou givest not thy food;
37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
37 You shall not give him your silver at interest, nor your food for gain.
37 You are not to lend him your silver with interest or sell him your food for profit.
37 You are not to loan him money with interest or sell him your food at a profit.
38 I 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.
38 I 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.
38 (X)I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and (Y)to be your God.
38 I 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.
38 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.
Release Of Slaves
39 'And when thy brother becometh poor with thee, and he hath been sold to thee, thou dost not lay on him servile service;
39 And 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:
39 ‘(Z)If a (z)countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to you that he sells himself to you, you shall not subject him to a slave’s service.
39 “If your brother among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you,(I) you must not force him to do slave labor.
39 "If your brother with you becomes so poor that he sells himself to you, you are not to make him serve like a bond slave.
40 as an hireling, as a settler, he is with thee, till the year of the jubilee he doth serve with thee, --
40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
40 He shall be with you as a hired man, as (AA)if he were a sojourner; he shall serve with you until the year of jubilee.
40 Let him stay with you as a hired hand or temporary resident; he may work for you until the Year of Jubilee.
40 Instead, he is to serve with you like a hired servant or a traveler who lives with you, until the year of jubilee.
41 then 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.
41 And 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.
41 He shall then go out from you, he and his sons with him, and shall go back to his family, that he may return to the property of his forefathers.
41 Then he and his children are to be released from you, and he may return to his clan and his ancestral property.(J)
41 Then he and his children with him may leave to return to his family and his ancestor's inheritance.
42 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;
42 For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
42 For they are My servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt; they are not to be sold in a slave sale.
42 They are not to be sold as slaves,(e) because they are My slaves that I brought out of the land of Egypt.
42 Since they're my servants whom I've brought out of the land of Egypt, they are not to be sold as slaves.
44 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,
44 Both 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.
44 As for your male and female slaves whom you may have—you may acquire male and female slaves from the pagan nations that are around you.
44 Your male and female slaves are to be from the nations around you; you may purchase male and female slaves.
44 "As for your male and maid slaves who will be with you, you may buy male and female slaves from among the nations.
45 and 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;
45 Moreover 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.
45 Then, too, it is out of the sons of the sojourners who live as aliens among you that you may gain acquisition, and out of their families who are with you, whom they will have (aa)produced in your land; they also may become your possession.
45 You may also purchase them from the foreigners staying with you, or from their families living among you—those born in your land. These may become your property.
45 You may also buy from resident aliens who live among you and their families who are with you, whom they fathered in your land. They may become your property.
46 and 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.
46 And 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.
46 You may even bequeath them to your sons after you, to receive as a possession; you can use them as permanent slaves. (AC)But in respect to your (ab)countrymen, the sons of Israel, you shall not rule with severity over one another.
46 You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But concerning your brothers, the Israelites, you must not rule over one another harshly.
46 You may give them as inherited property to your children after you, to own as properties in perpetuity. You may make bond slaves of them, but no one is to rule over his fellow Israeli with harshness.
Redeeming A Poor Man
47 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,
47 And 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:
47 ‘Now if the (ac)means of a stranger or of a sojourner with you becomes sufficient, and a (ad)countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to him as to sell himself to a stranger who is sojourning with you, or to the descendants of a stranger’s family,
47 “If a foreigner or temporary resident living among you prospers, but your brother living near him becomes destitute and sells himself to the foreigner living among you, or to a member of the foreigner’s clan,
47 "If a resident alien or traveler becomes rich, but your relative who lives next to him is so poor that he sells himself to that resident alien or traveler among you or to a member of the resident alien's family,
48 after he hath been sold, there is a right of redemption to him; one of his brethren doth redeem him,
48 After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:
48 then he shall have redemption right after he has been sold. One of his brothers may redeem him,
48 he has the right of redemption after he has been sold. One of his brothers may redeem him.
48 he has the right to be redeemed after he sells himself. One of his brothers may redeem him.
49 or 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.
49 Either 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.
49 or his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or one of his blood relatives from his family may redeem him; or (ae)(AD)if he prospers, he may redeem himself.
49 His uncle or cousin may redeem him, or any of his close relatives from his clan may redeem him. If he prospers, he may redeem himself.
49 His uncle or his uncle's son may redeem him or any blood relative from his tribe may redeem him. If he becomes rich, then he may redeem himself.
50 'And he hath reckoned with his buyer from the year of his being sold to him till the year of jubilee, and the money of his sale hath been by the number of years; as the days of an hireling it is with him.
50 And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.
50 He then with his purchaser shall calculate from the year when he sold himself to him up to the year of jubilee; and the price of his sale shall correspond to the number of years. It is like the days of a hired man that he shall be with him.
50 The one who purchased him is to calculate the time from the year he sold himself to him until the Year of Jubilee. The price of his sale will be determined by the number of years. It will be set for him like the daily wages of a hired hand.
50 "He is to bring an accounting to the one who bought him, starting from the year he had sold himself until the year of jubilee. The price of his sale is to correspond to the number of years comparable to the time a hired servant stays with him.
51 If yet many years, according to them he giveth back his redemption money, from the money of his purchase.
51 If 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.
51 If there are still many years, (AE)he shall refund part of his purchase price in proportion to them for his own redemption;
51 If many years are still left, he must pay his redemption price in proportion to them based on his purchase price.
51 If there are still many years left, he is to refund the cost of his redemption.
52 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;
52 And 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.
52 and if few years remain until the year of jubilee, he shall so calculate with him. In proportion to his years he is to refund the amount for his redemption.
52 If only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, he will calculate and pay the price of his redemption in proportion to his remaining years.
52 But if only a few years are left until the year of jubilee, he is to bring an accounting of the years that he is to refund for his redemption.
53 as an hireling, year by year, he is with him, and he doth not rule him with rigour before thine eyes.
53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.
53 Like a man hired year by year he shall be with him; (AF)he shall not rule over him with severity in your sight.
53 He will stay with him like a man hired year by year. A foreign owner is not to rule over him harshly in your sight.
53 Like a hired servant, he is to remain with him year after year, but he is not to rule over him with what you see as severity.
54 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.
54 And 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.
54 Even if he is not redeemed by (af)these means, (AG)he shall still go out in the year of jubilee, he and his sons with him.
54 If he is not redeemed in any of these ways, he and his children are to be released at the Year of Jubilee.
54 If he isn't redeemed by these, then he is to be set free in the year of jubilee he and his children with him
55 For 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.
55 For 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.
55 For the sons of Israel are My servants; they are My servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
55 For the Israelites are My slaves.(L) They are My slaves that I brought out of the land of Egypt; I am Yahweh your God.
55 because the Israelis are my servants. They're my servants, since I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God."