Leviticus 25:23
What does Leviticus 25:23 mean?
A plain-English look at Leviticus 25:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is mine: for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is mine: for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949No exchange of land may be for ever, for the land is mine, and you are as my guests, living with me for a time.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And the land is not sold--to extinction, for the land <FI>is<Fi> Mine, for sojourners and settlers <FI>are<Fi> ye with Me;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The land also shall not be sold for ever: because it is mine, and you are strangers and sojourners with me.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the land shall not be sold for ever; for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 23:4
I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
- 2 Chronicles 7:20
then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
- Isaiah 8:8
and it shall sweep onward into Judah; it shall overflow and pass through; it shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
- Joel 2:18
Then was Jehovah jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.
- Psalms 119:19
I am a sojourner in the earth: Hide not thy commandments from me.
- Hebrews 11:9
By faith he became a sojourner in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
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