Leviticus 25:16
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.
Leviticus 25:16 in other translations
| BSB | You shall increase the price in proportion to a greater number of years, or decrease it in proportion to a lesser number of years; for he is selling you a given number of harvests. |
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| WEB | 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. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | 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; |
| DARBY | According to the greater number of the years, thou shalt increase the price thereof; and according to the fewness of years, thou shalt diminish the price of it; for it is the number of crops that he selleth unto thee. |
| BBE | 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. |
| Webster | According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price of it, 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 to thee. |
What does Leviticus 25:16 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 25:8-22
The word "jubilee" signifies a peculiarly animated sound of the silver trumpets. This sound was to be made on the evening of the great day of atonement; for the proclamation of gospel liberty and salvation results from the sacrifice of the Redeemer. It was provided that the lands should not be sold away from their families. They could only be disposed of, as it were, by leases till the year of jubilee, and then…
Leviticus 25:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Leviticus 25:16
- Leviticus 25:27
Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.
- Leviticus 25:51
If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
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Context
- Leviticus 25:15
According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:
- Leviticus 25:16
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.
- Leviticus 25:17
Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 25:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Conforme á la multitud de los años aumentarás el precio, y conforme á la disminución de los años disminuirás el precio; porque según el número de los rendimientos te ha de vender él. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | À proportion que le nombre des années sera grand, tu augmenteras le prix; et à proportion que le nombre des années sera petit, tu diminueras le prix, car c’est le nombre des récoltes qu’il te vend. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Nach Verhältnis der größeren Zahl von Jahren sollst du ihm den Kaufpreis mehren, und nach Verhältnis der geringeren Zahl von Jahren sollst du ihm den Kaufpreis mindern; denn eine Zahl von Ernten verkauft er dir. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quanto plures anni remanserint post jubilæum, tanto crescet et pretium: et quanto minus temporis numeraveris, tanto minoris et emptio constabit: tempus enim frugum vendet tibi. |