Leviticus 25:31 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and a house of the villages which have no wall round about, on the field of the country is reckoned; redemption is to it, and in the jubilee it goeth out.

English ASV

But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be reckoned with the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee.

English Amplified

But the houses of the unwalled villages shall be counted with the fields of the country. They may be redeemed, and they shall go free in the Year of Jubilee.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

But the houses of the unwalled villages shall be counted with the fields of the country. They may be redeemed, and they shall go free in the Year of Jubilee.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

But houses in villages with no walls around them are to be considered as open fields. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

But houses in settlements that have no walls around them are to be classified as open fields. The right to redeem such houses stays in effect, and they are to be released at the Jubilee.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

But the houses in villages that have no wall round about them shall be reckoned as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee.

English EASY 2024

But a house may be in a village that has no walls around it. If someone sells the house, it is the same as a piece of land like a field. The person who sells it must always have the chance to buy it back again. If not, when the Jubilee year comes, the house will belong again to the first owner.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Towns without walls around them will be treated like open fields. So houses built in these small towns will go back to the first owners at the time of Jubilee.

But the houses of the villages that have no wall around them shall be classified with the fields of the land. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the jubilee.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

But houses in unwalled villages are to be treated like fields; the original owner has the right to buy them back, and they are to be returned in the Year of Restoration.

English God's Word - GW 1995

However, houses in villages without walls are regarded as belonging to the fields of the land. They can be bought back. They will be released in the jubilee.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

But houses in villages that have no walls around them are to be classified as open fields. The right to redeem [such] houses stays in effect, and they are to be released at the Jubilee.

English KJV 1611

But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee.

English LSB

The houses of the villages, however, which have no surrounding wall, shall be considered as open fields; they have redemption rights and revert in the jubilee.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

But the houses of the villages that have no wall around them shall be counted as the fields of the land. They may be redeemed, and they shall be returned in the Jubilee.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

'The houses of the villages, however, which have no surrounding wall shall be considered as open fields; they have redemption rights and revert in the jubilee.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

However, houses in villages that are not encircled by walls shall be considered as belonging to the surrounding farm land; they may be redeemed at any time, and in the jubilee they must be released.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

The houses of villages, however, which have no wall surrounding them must be considered as the field of the land; they will have the right of redemption and must revert in the jubilee.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

" 'But houses in villages that do not have walls around them must be treated like property outside walled cities. Those houses can be bought back at any time. And they must be returned in the Year of Jubilee.

English NIV

But houses in villages without walls around them are to be considered as open country. They can be redeemed, and they are to be returned in the Jubilee.

English NKJ 1982

However the houses of villages which have no wall around them shall be counted as the fields of the country. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.

English NLT

But a house in a village--a settlement without fortified walls--will be treated like property in the open fields. Such a house may be redeemed at any time and must be returned to the original owner in the Year of Jubilee.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

But houses in villages that have no walls around them shall be classed as open country; they may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the jubilee.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

But the houses of the villages which have no wall around them shall be reckoned with the fields of the country; they may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the jubilee.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

But village houses—a village is a settlement without fortifying walls around it—are like farmland, redeemable at any time, and are always returned to the original owner in the Year of Jubilee.

English Tyndale 1537

But the houses in villages which have no walls round about them, shall be counted like unto the fields of the country, and may be bought out again at any season, and shall go out free in the trompet year.(of jubilee)