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.
Leviticus 25:51 in other translations
| BSB | If many years remain, he must pay for his redemption in proportion to his purchase price. |
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| WEB | If there are yet many years, according to them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for. |
| ASV | If there be yet many years, according unto them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for. |
| YLT | ‘If yet many years, according to them he giveth back his redemption money, from the money of his purchase. |
| DARBY | If there are yet many years, according unto them shall he return his redemption money out of the money that he was bought for; |
| BBE | If there is still a long time, he will give back, on account of it, a part of the price which was given for him. |
| Webster | If there shall be yet many years behind, according to them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for. |
What does Leviticus 25:51 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 25:39-55
A native Israelite, if sold for debt, or for a crime, was to serve but six years, and to go out the seventh. If he sold himself, through poverty, both his work and his usage must be such as were fitting for a son of Abraham. Masters are required to give to their servants that which is just and equal, Col 4:1. At the year of jubilee the servant should go out free, he and his children, and should return to his own…
Leviticus 25:51 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Leviticus 25:50
And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.
- 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.
- Leviticus 25:52
And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.
Leviticus 25:51 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si aun fueren muchos años, conforme á ellos volverá para su rescate del dinero por el cual se vendió. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | S’il y a encore beaucoup d’années, il restituera le prix de son rachat à raison de celles-ci, sur le prix pour lequel il aura été acheté; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn der Jahre noch viele sind, so soll er nach ihrem Verhältnis seine Lösung von seinem Kaufgelde zurückzahlen; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si plures fuerint anni qui remanent usque ad jubilæum, secundum hos reddet et pretium: |