KJV King James Version
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.
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Leviticus 25:28
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But if he cannot obtain enough to repay him, what he sold will remain in possession of the buyer until the Year of Jubilee. In the Jubilee, however, it is to be released, so that he may return to his property.
WEB World English Bible
But if he isn’t able to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hand of him who has bought it until the Year of Jubilee: and in the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his property.
ASV American Standard Version
But if he be not able to get it back for himself, then that which he hath sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubilee: and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘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.
Surrounding context — Leviticus 25
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.
26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְאִ֨םH518 · imifלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotמָֽצְאָ֜הH4672 · ma.tsato findיָד֗וֹH3027 · yadhandדֵּי֮H1767 · daysufficiencyהָשִׁ֣יבH7725 · shuvto return: returnלוֹ֒H9033 · ohimוְהָיָ֣הH1961 · ha.yahto beמִמְכָּר֗וֹH4465 · mim.karsaleבְּיַד֙H3027 · yadhandהַקֹּנֶ֣הH7069 · qa.nahto buyאֹת֔וֹH853 · et[Obj.]עַ֖דH5704 · adtillשְׁנַ֣תH8141 · sha.nehyearהַיּוֹבֵ֑לH3104 · yo.veljubilee/hornוְיָצָא֙H3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeבַּיֹּבֵ֔לH3104 · yo.veljubilee/hornוְשָׁ֖בH7725 · shuvto return: returnלַאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃H272 · a.chuz.zahpossession
Cross-references
Leviticus 25:10And 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.Leviticus 25:13In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.1 Corinthians 15:52-54In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.1 Thessalonians 4:13-18But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.1 Peter 1:4-5To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,Jeremiah 32:15For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.Isaiah 35:9-10No lion shall be there, nor [any] ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk [there]:
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