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Leviticus 25:28

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25:28If he has not prospered enough to refund46 a balance to him, then what he sold47 will belong to48 the one who bought it until the jubilee year, but it must revert49 in the jubilee and the original owner50 may return to his property.

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Footnotes

  1. 46 Heb “And if his hand has not found sufficiency of returning.” Although some versions take this to mean that he has not made enough to regain the land (e.g., , ; see also B. A. Levine, Leviticus [], ), the combination of terms in Hebrew corresponds to the portion of v. 27 that refers specifically to refunding the money (cf. v. 27; see and G. J. Wenham, Leviticus [], ).
  2. 47 Heb “his sale.”
  3. 48 Heb “will be in the hand of.” This refers to the temporary control of the one who purchased its produce until the next year of jubilee, at which time it would revert to the original owner.
  4. 49 Heb “it shall go out” (so , ; see B. A. Levine, Leviticus [], ).
  5. 50 Heb “he”; the referent (the original owner of the land) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But if he does not have sufficient means to recover it, then what he sold shall remain in the hand of the buyer until the year of jubilee. In the jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his property.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But if they do not acquire the means to repay, what was sold will remain in the possession of the buyer until the Year of Jubilee. It will be returned in the Jubilee, and they can then go back to their property.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But if he cannot obtain enough to repay him, what he sold will remain in the possession of its purchaser until the Year of Jubilee. It is to be released at the Jubilee, so that he may return to his property.

NLTNew Living Translation

But if the original owner cannot afford to buy back the land, it will remain with the new owner until the next Year of Jubilee. In the jubilee year, the land must be returned to the original owners so they can return to their family land.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But if his hand does not find enough to refund to him, then what he has sold shall be in the buyer’s hand until the Year of Jubilee; and it shall go out of the buyer’s hand in the Jubilee, and he shall return to his property.

KJV 1900King 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.