Leviticus 25 · Verse 28

Leviticus 25:28

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.
Leviticus 25:28, King James Version

Leviticus 25:28 in other translations

BSBBut if he cannot obtain enough to repay him, what he sold will remain in possession of the buyer until the Year of Jubilee. In the Jubilee, however, it is to be released, so that he may return to his property.
WEBBut 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. In the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his property.
ASVBut 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.
YLT‘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.
DARBYAnd if his hand have not found what sufficeth for him to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of the purchaser, until the year of jubilee; and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.
BBEBut 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.
WebsterBut if he shall not be 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 jubilee: and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return to his possession.

What does Leviticus 25:28 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 25:28 in the original Hebrew

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וְאִ֨םve.'Imand ifH518
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
מָֽצְאָ֜הma.tze.'Ahit has foundH4672
יָד֗וֹya.Dohand hisH3027
דֵּי֮deisufficiencyH1767
הָשִׁ֣יבha.Shiv<of> to repayH7725
לוֹ֒loto <the> him
וְהָיָ֣הve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961
מִמְכָּר֗וֹmi.ka.Rothing sold hisH4465
בְּיַד֙be.Yadin [the] hand ofH3027
הַקֹּנֶ֣הha.ko.Nehthe [one who] boughtH7069
אֹת֔וֹ'o.To<obj.> itH853
עַ֖ד'aduntilH5704
שְׁנַ֣תshe.Nat[the] year ofH8141
הַיּוֹבֵ֑לhai.yo.Velthe jubileeH3104
וְיָצָא֙ve.ya.Tza'and it will go outH3318
בַּיֹּבֵ֔לbai.yo.Velin the jubileeH3104
וְשָׁ֖בve.Shavand he will returnH7725
לַאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ\׃la.'a.chu.za.Toto possession hisH272

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Cross references for Leviticus 25:28

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

    But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: …

  • Jeremiah 32:15

    For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.

  • Leviticus 25:10

    And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.

  • Isaiah 35:9-10

    No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: 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.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:52-54

    In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

  • 1 Peter 1:4-5

    To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

  • Leviticus 25:13

    In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.

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Context

  • 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 25:28

    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.

  • Leviticus 25:29

    And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it.

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Leviticus 25:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas si no alcanzare su mano lo que basta para que vuelva á él, lo que vendió estará en poder del que lo compró hasta el año del jubileo; y al jubileo saldrá, y él volverá á su posesión.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et si sa main n’a pas trouvé suffisamment de quoi lui rendre, la chose vendue restera en la main de celui qui l’aura achetée, jusqu’à l’année du Jubilé: la chose vendue sera libérée au Jubilé, et le vendeur rentrera dans sa possession.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und wenn seine Hand nicht gefunden hat, was hinreicht, um ihm zurückzuzahlen, so soll das von ihm Verkaufte in der Hand des Käufers desselben bleiben bis zum Jubeljahre; und im Jubeljahre soll es frei ausgehen, und er soll wieder zu seinem Eigentum kommen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quod si non invenerit manus ejus ut reddat pretium, habebit emptor quod emerat, usque ad annum jubilæum. In ipso enim omnis venditio redibit ad dominum et ad possessorem pristinum.