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


In Context

20 And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:

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 her 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 waxen 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 25:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:23The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land [is] mine; for ye [are] strangers and sojourners with me.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

25:23" 'The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine and you are but aliens and my tenants.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

25:23The land also shall not be sold for ever: because it is mine, and you are strangers and sojourners with me.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:23And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is mine: for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:23And the land shall not be sold for ever; for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:23The land shall not be sold for ever; for the land is mine, for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:23|'The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; for you are strangers and live as foreigners with me.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:23And the land is not sold — to extinction, for the land is Mine, for sojourners and settlers are ye with Me;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:23The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine, for you are strangers and sojourners with me.