Leviticus 25 · Verse 26

Leviticus 25:26

And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;
Leviticus 25:26, King James Version

Leviticus 25:26 in other translations

BSBOr if a man has no one to redeem it for him, but he prospers and acquires enough to redeem his land,
WEBIf a man has no one to redeem it, and he becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it,
ASVAnd if a man have no one to redeem it, and he be waxed rich and find sufficient to redeem it;
YLTand when a man hath no redeemer, and his own hand hath attained, and he hath found as sufficient for its redemption,
DARBYAnd if the man have no one having right of redemption, and his hand have acquired and found what sufficeth for its redemption,
BBEAnd if he has no one to get it back for him, and later he himself gets wealth and has enough money to get it back;
WebsterAnd if the man shall have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;

What does Leviticus 25:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 25:23-28

23-28. The land shall not be sold for ever--or, "be quite cut off," as the Margin better renders it. The land was God's, and, in prosecution of an important design, He gave it to the people of His choice, dividing it among their tribes and families--who, however, held it of Him merely as tenants-at-will and had no right or power of disposing of it to strangers. In necessitous circumstances, individuals might effect…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 25:23-34

If the land were not redeemed before the year of jubilee, it then returned to him that sold or mortgaged it. This was a figure of the free grace of God in Christ; by which, and not by any price or merit of our own, we are restored to the favour of God. Houses in walled cities were more the fruits of their own industry than land in the country, which was the direct gift of God's bounty; therefore if a man sold a…

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Leviticus 25:26 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאִ֕ישׁve.'Ishand anyoneH376
כִּ֛יkiifH3588
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
יִֽהְיֶה\־yih.yeh-he will belongH1961
לּ֖וֹloto <the> him
גֹּאֵ֑לgo.'Ela kinsman-redeemerH1350
וְהִשִּׂ֣יגָהve.hi.Si.gahand it will reachH5381
יָד֔וֹya.Dohand hisH3027
וּמָצָ֖אu.ma.Tza'and he will findH4672
כְּדֵ֥יke.Deiaccording to [the] sufficiency ofH1767
גְאֻלָּתֽוֹ\׃ge.'u.la.Toredemption itsH1353

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Leviticus 25:26

  • Leviticus 5:7

    And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the Lord; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.

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himself be able to redeem it. Heb. his hand hath attained,and found sufficiency.
5:7; *marg:

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Context

  • Leviticus 25:25

    If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.

  • Leviticus 25:26

    And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;

  • 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.

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Leviticus 25:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y cuando el hombre no tuviere rescatador, si alcanzare su mano, y hallare lo que basta para su rescate;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais si un homme n’a personne qui ait le droit de rachat, et que sa main ait acquis et trouvé suffisamment de quoi faire son rachat,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und wenn jemand keinen Löser hat, und seine Hand erwirbt und findet, was zu seiner Lösung hinreicht,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Sin autem non habuerit proximum, et ipse pretium ad redimendum potuerit invenire,