Leviticus 25:28

KJV1611 – Modern English

But if he is not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that bought it until the year of Jubilee: and in the Jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return to his possession.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאִ֨ם לֹֽא־מֽ͏ָצְאָ֜ה יָד֗וֹ דֵּי֮ הָשִׁ֣יב לוֹ֒ וְהָיָ֣ה מִמְכָּר֗וֹ בְּיַד֙ הַקֹּנֶ֣ה אֹת֔וֹ עַ֖ד שְׁנַ֣ת הַיּוֹבֵ֑ל וְיָצָא֙ בַּיֹּבֵ֔ל וְשָׁ֖ב לַאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

And if wə-ʾim not lōʾ-māṣəʾāh [finds] yādô [his-hand] dêy [sufficient] hāšîb [to-restore] to-him-lô and wə-hāyāh [shall-remain] mimkārô [his-sale] in-bə-yad [hand-of] ha-qōneh [the-buyer] ʾōtô [it] until-ʿad šənat [year-of] ha-yôbēl [the-jubilee] and wə-yāṣāʾ [shall-go-out] in-ba-yōbēl [the-jubilee] and wə-šāb [shall-return] to-la-ʾăḥuzzātô [his-possession]

Grammar Details

• *wə-ʾim*: conjunction + conditional particle - and if
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *māṣəʾāh*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she finds/acquires
• *yādô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his hand
• *dêy*: noun, masculine singular construct - sufficiency of
• *hāšîb*: verb, Hiphil infinitive construct - to return/restore
• *lô*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to/for him
• *wə-hāyāh*: conjunction + verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and it shall be/remain
• *mimkārô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his sale
• *bə-yad*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - in hand of
• *ha-qōneh*: definite article + verb, Qal participle, masculine singular - the one buying
• *ʾōtô*: direct object marker with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - him/it
• *ʿad*: preposition - until
• *šənat*: noun, feminine singular construct - year of
• *ha-yôbēl*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the jubilee
• *wə-yāṣāʾ*: conjunction + verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he/it shall go out
• *ba-yōbēl*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in the jubilee
• *wə-šāb*: conjunction + verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he shall return
• *la-ʾăḥuzzātô*: preposition + noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to his possession

Word Meanings

• *māṣāʾ*: find/discover/obtain
• *yād*: hand/power/means/side
• *dêy*: sufficiency/enough/requirement
• *šûb*: return/restore/bring back
• *hāyāh*: be/become/happen/exist
• *mimkār*: sale/thing sold/merchandise
• *yad*: hand/power/authority
• *qānāh*: buy/acquire/possess
• *šānāh*: year/time period
• *yôbēl*: jubilee/ram's horn/trumpet
• *yāṣāʾ*: go out/come forth/exit
• *ʾăḥuzzāh*: possession/property/holding

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But 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.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But if he be not ab 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 jubi: and in the jubi it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  But if he{H3027} be not able{H1767} to get{H4672} it back for himself, then that which he hath sold{H4465} shall remain in the hand{H3027} of him that hath bought{H7069} it until the year{H8141} of jubilee:{H3104} and in the jubilee{H3104} it shall go out,{H3318} and he shall return{H7725} unto his possession.{H272}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But if he{H3027} be not able{H1767} to restore{H4672}{(H8804)}{H7725}{(H8687)} it to him, then that which is sold{H4465} shall remain in the hand{H3027} of him that hath bought{H7069}{(H8802)} it until the year{H8141} of jubile{H3104}: and in the jubile{H3104} it shall go out{H3318}{(H8804)}, and he shall return{H7725}{(H8804)} unto his possession{H272}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  But and yf his hande ca not get sufficiet to restore it to him agayne, then that whiche is solde shall remayne in the hande of him that hath boughte it, vntyll the horneyere: and in the horne yere it shall come out, and he shall returne vnto his possession agayne.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But yf his hande can not get so moch, as to haue one parte agayne, the shal it yt he solde be styll in the hande of the byer vntyll ye yeare of Iubilye: In ye same shal it go out, and returne to his owner agayne.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But if he can not get sufficient to restore to him, then that which is solde, shall remaine in the hande of him that hath bought it, vntill the yere of the Iubile: and in the Iubile it shal come out, and he shall returne vnto his possession.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But and yf his hande can not get sufficient to restore to the other agayne, the that which is solde shal remayne in the hande of hym that hath bought it, vntyll the yere of Iubilee: and in the Iubilee it shall come out, and he shall returne vnto his possession agayne.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But if he isn't able to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hand of him who has bought it until the Year of Jubilee: and in the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his propery.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And if his hand hath not found sufficiency to give back to him, then hath his sold thing been in the hand of him who buyeth it till the year of jubilee; and it hath gone out in the jubilee, and he hath returned to his possession.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But if he be not able to get it back for himself, then that which he hath sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubilee: and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But if he be not able to get it back for himself, then that which he hath sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubilee: and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But if he is not able to get it back for himself, then it will be kept by him who gave a price for it, till the year of Jubilee; and in that year it will go back to its first owner and he will have his property again.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But if he isn't able to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hand of him who has bought it until the Year of Jubilee: and in the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his property.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  If he has not prospered enough to refund a balance to him, then what he sold will belong to the one who bought it until the jubilee year, but it must revert in the jubilee and the original owner may return to his property.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 25:10 : 10 And you shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants: it shall be a Jubilee to you; and you shall return every man to his possession, and you shall return every man to his family.
• Lev 25:13 : 13 In the year of this Jubilee you shall return every man to his possession.
• Isa 35:9-9 : 9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up on it, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: 10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
• Jer 32:15 : 15 For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.
• 1 Cor 15:52-54 : 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: 'Death is swallowed up in victory.'
• 1 Thess 4:13-18 : 13 But I would not have you be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are asleep, that you sorrow not, even as others who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so those also who sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him. 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not precede those who are asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 Therefore, comfort one another with these words.
• 1 Pet 1:4-5 : 4 To an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, which does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.