Leviticus 25:16

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The more years there are, the higher you may increase the price, and the fewer years there are, the lower you shall reduce the price, because what they are really selling to you is the number of harvests.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    According to the multitude of years you shall increase its price, and according to the fewness of years you shall diminish its price: for according to the number of years of the crops he sells to you.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    According to the multitude of the years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of the years thou shalt diminish the price of it; for the number of the crops doth he sell unto thee.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Accordinge vnto the multitude of yeres, thou shalt encrease the price thereof and accordinge to the fewnesse of yeres, thou shalt mynish the price: for the numbre of frute he shall sell vnto the.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Acordinge to the multitude of the yeares shalt thou rayse the pryce, & and acordynge to the fewnesse of the yeares shalt thou mynish the pryce: for he shall sell it vnto the acordinge to the nombre of the increase.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    According to the multitude of yeeres, thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewnesse of yeeres, thou shalt abate the price of it: for the nomber of fruites doeth he sell vnto thee.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    According vnto the multitude of yeres he shall encrease the price therof, and according to the fewnesse of yeres, he shal minishe the price of it: for the number of fruites doth he sell vnto thee.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for [according] to the number [of the years] of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    According to the length of the years you shall increase the price of it, and according to the shortness of the years you shall diminish the price of it; for he is selling the number of the crops to you.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    according to the multitude of the years thou dost multiply its price, and according to the fewness of the years thou dost diminish its price; for a number of increases he is selling to thee;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    According to the multitude of the years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of the years thou shalt diminish the price of it; for the number of the crops doth he sell unto thee.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    According to the multitude of the years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of the years thou shalt diminish the price of it; for the number of the crops doth he sell unto thee.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    If the number of years is great, the price will be increased, and if the number of years is small, the price will be less, for it is the produce of a certain number of years which the man is giving you.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    According to the length of the years you shall increase its price, and according to the shortness of the years you shall diminish its price; for he is selling the number of the crops to you.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The more years there are, the more you may make its purchase price, and the fewer years there are, the less you must make its purchase price, because he is only selling to you a number of years of produce.

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 25:27 : 27 he shall calculate the years since its sale, refund the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and then return to his property.
  • Lev 25:51 : 51 If there are still many years until the Jubilee, they must pay the price of their redemption in proportion to the years remaining.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Lev 25:11-15
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    11The fiftieth year shall be a Jubilee for you; you shall not sow, reap what grows by itself, or gather the grapes from unpruned vines.

    12For it is a Jubilee and it shall be holy to you; you may eat only what the fields produce naturally.

    13In this year of Jubilee, everyone shall return to their property.

    14If you sell land to your neighbor or buy land from your neighbor, do not take advantage of one another.

    15You are to buy from your neighbor based on the number of years since the Jubilee, and they are to sell to you according to the number of harvest years.

  • Lev 25:50-53
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    50They and their buyer are to calculate the time from the year they were sold to the Year of Jubilee. The price of their release shall be based on the number of years, like the wages of a hired worker.

    51If there are still many years until the Jubilee, they must pay the price of their redemption in proportion to the years remaining.

    52If only a few years remain until the Jubilee, they are to calculate this and pay for their redemption accordingly.

    53They are to be treated as a yearly hired worker while with their buyer, and they must not be ruled over harshly in your sight.

  • Lev 25:27-30
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    27he shall calculate the years since its sale, refund the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and then return to his property.

    28But if he cannot afford to repay, what he sold will remain with the buyer until the Year of Jubilee; in the Jubilee it will be released, and he will return to his property.

    29If a man sells a house in a walled city, he retains the right of redemption for a full year after its sale; his right of redemption shall last a year.

    30But if it is not redeemed by the end of a full year, the house in the walled city will become permanently the property of the buyer and their descendants; it will not be released in the Jubilee.

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    16If someone dedicates part of their field as their possession to the LORD, the valuation will be based on how much seed is required to sow it—a homer of barley seed will be valued at fifty shekels of silver.

    17If they dedicate their field during the Year of Jubilee, the valuation will stand as it is.

    18But if they dedicate their field after the Jubilee, the priest will calculate the value based on the number of years left until the next Jubilee, and a reduction will be made from the original valuation.

    19If the person who dedicated the field wishes to redeem it, they must add a fifth to the valuation price, and the field will be theirs again.

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    20If you say, 'What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow or gather our crops?'

    21I will command my blessing on you in the sixth year, so that it will produce enough for three years.

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    24In every part of the land that you own, you must provide for the redemption of the land.

    25If one of your fellow Israelites becomes poor and sells some of their property, their nearest relative is to come and redeem what they have sold.

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    3For six years, you may sow your field and prune your vineyard, and gather its produce;

    4but in the seventh year, the land must have a Sabbath of complete rest, a Sabbath to the LORD. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard.

    5You shall not harvest what grows by itself after your harvest, nor gather the grapes of your unpruned vines. It will be a year of complete rest for the land.

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    25But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit. In this way your harvest will increase. I am the LORD your God.

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    10For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce.

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    23the priest will calculate its value up to the Year of Jubilee, and the person must pay the value on that day. It will be holy to the LORD.

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    25Every valuation will be according to the sanctuary shekel, where twenty gerahs make a shekel.

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    2 verses
    72%

    39If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves.

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    17Do not take advantage of one another, but fear your God; I am the LORD your God.

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    37You must not lend them money at interest or sell them food for profit.

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    22Be sure to set aside a tenth of all the yield of your seed that comes from the field year by year.

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    45You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your land, and they will become your property.

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    15You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

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    12You delivered us like sheep to be eaten and have scattered us among the nations.

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    1At the end of seven years, you shall institute a release.

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    33If anyone redeems property from the Levites, the property that was sold in the city they possess must be released in the Jubilee, because the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the Israelites.

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    16Celebrate the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of your work, of what you sow in the field, and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your produce from the field.

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    13If the owner wishes to redeem it, they must add a fifth to its value.

  • Deut 15:14
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    14Provide them generously from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. Give to them as the Lord your God has blessed you.

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    47If a foreigner residing among you becomes rich and any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to the foreigner or to a member of the foreigner’s clan,

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