Leviticus 25:23

In 11 translations

BSB

The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.

KJV

¶ 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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

And the land is not sold—to extinction, for the land [is] Mine, for you [are] sojourners and settlers with Me;

YLT

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

DBY

And the land shall not be sold for ever; for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

DRC

The land also shall not be sold for ever: because it is mine, and you are strangers and sojourners with me.

GNV

Also the lande shall not be solde to be cut off from the familie: for the land is mine, and ye be but strangers and soiourners with me.

JPS

And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is Mine; for ye are strangers and settlers with Me.

LXXE

And the land shall not be sold for a permanence; for the land is mine, because ye are strangers and sojourners before me.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

וְהָאָ֗רֶץ לֹ֤א תִמָּכֵר֙ לִצְמִתֻ֔ת כִּי־לִ֖י הָאָ֑רֶץ כִּֽי־גֵרִ֧ים וְתוֹשָׁבִ֛ים אַתֶּ֖ם עִמָּדִֽי׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἡ γῆ οὐ πραθήσεται εἰς βεβαίωσιν· ἐμὴ γάρ ἐστιν ἡ γῆ, διότι προσήλυτοι καὶ πάροικοι ὑμεῖς ἐστε ἐναντίον μου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
• Ezekiel 48:14They must not sell or exchange any of it, and they must not transfer this best part of the land, for it is holy to the LORD.
• Psalms 39:12Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
• 1 Chronicles 29:15For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
• Psalms 24:1The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.
• Genesis 23:4“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”
• Exodus 19:5Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
• Deuteronomy 32:43Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries and repay those who hate…
• 2 Chronicles 7:20then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.
• Psalms 85:1You showed favor to Your land, O LORD; You restored Jacob from captivity.
• Psalms 119:19I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.
• Genesis 47:9“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
• Hebrews 11:9–13By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city with…
• Joel 2:18Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people.
• Hosea 9:3They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.
• Joel 3:2I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as…

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