Leviticus 25:47
Leviticus chapter 25 · verse 47 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And if a stranger or sojourner with thee be waxed rich, and thy brother be waxed poor beside him, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner with thee, or to the stock of the stranger’s family;
KJV
King James Version · 1611And 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:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And if a stranger or sojourner with thee be waxed rich, and thy brother be waxed poor beside him, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner with thee, or to the stock of the stranger’s family;
Context
v.46And ye shall make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession; of them shall ye take your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel ye shall not rule, one over another, with rigor.
v.47This passage
v.48after that he is sold he may be redeemed: one of his brethren may redeem him;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- James 2:5
Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?
- 1 Samuel 2:7
Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich: He bringeth low, he also lifteth up.
- Leviticus 25:26
And if a man have no one to redeem it, and he be waxed rich and find sufficient to redeem it;