Leviticus 25:33 — Compare Translations

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

as to him who redeemeth from the Levites, both the sale of a house and the city of his possession have gone out in the jubilee, for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession in the midst of the sons of Israel.

English ASV

And if one of the Levites redeem, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.

English Amplified

But if a house is not redeemed by a Levite, the sold house in the city they possess shall go free in the Year of Jubilee, for the houses in the Levite cities are their ancestral possession among the Israelites.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

So whatever belongs to the Levites may be redeemed—a house sold in a city they possess—and must be released in the Jubilee, because the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the Israelites.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Whatever property one of the Levites can redeem — a house sold in a city they possess — is to be released at the Jubilee, because the houses in the Levitical cities are their possession among the Israelites.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And if any one redeem from one of the Levites, then the house that was sold, in the city of his possession, shall go out in the jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.

English EASY 2024

When the Jubilee year comes, a house that a Levite has sold will belong to him again. This is because the Levites need to live in the houses that belong to them in their cities. The other Israelite tribes have given those places to the Levites.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

If someone buys a house from a Levite, that house in the Levites' city will again belong to the Levites at the time of Jubilee. This is because houses in Levite cities belong to those from the tribe of Levi. The Israelites gave these cities to the Levites.

And if one of the Levites exercises his right of redemption, then the house that was sold in a city they possess shall be released in the jubilee. For the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the people of Israel.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

If a house in one of these cities is sold by a Levite and is not bought back, it must be returned in the Year of Restoration, because the houses which the Levites own in their cities are their permanent property among the people of Israel.

English God's Word - GW 1995

If any Levite buys back {a house}, in the jubilee the purchased house in the city will be released, because the houses in the Levite cities are their property among the Israelites.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Whatever [property] one of the Levites can redeem-- a house sold in a city they possess-- must be released at the Jubilee, because the houses in the Levitical cities are their possession among the Israelites.

English KJV 1611

And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubilee: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.

English LSB

What, therefore, belongs to the Levites may be redeemed, and a house sale in the city of their possession reverts in the jubilee, for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the sons of Israel.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

If a Levite purchases back the house that was sold in the city of his possession, then it shall be returned in the Jubilee, for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the Israelites.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

'What, therefore, belongs to the Levites may be redeemed and a house sale in the city of this possession reverts in the jubilee, for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the sons of Israel.

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

Any town house of the Levites in their cities that had been sold and not redeemed, shall be released in the jubilee; for the town houses of the Levites are their hereditary property in the midst of the Israelites.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Whatever someone among the Levites might redeem — the sale of a house which is his property in a city — must revert in the jubilee, because the houses of the cities of the Levites are their property in the midst of the Israelites.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

So their property among the people of Israel can be bought back. That applies to a house that is sold in any of their towns. Any house that is sold must be returned to its original owner in the Year of Jubilee. That is because the houses of the Levites will always belong to them.

English NIV

So the property of the Levites is redeemable-that is, a house sold in any town they hold-and is to be returned in the Jubilee, because the houses in the towns of the Levites are their property among the Israelites.

English NKJ 1982

And if a man purchases a house from the Levites, then the house that was sold in the city of his possession shall be released in the Jubilee; for the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.

English NLT

And any property that can be redeemed by the Levites--all houses within the Levitical cities--must be returned in the Year of Jubilee. After all, the cities reserved for the Levites are the only property they own in all Israel.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Such property as may be redeemed from the Levites-- houses sold in a city belonging to them-- shall be released in the jubilee; because the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the people of Israel.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And if one of the Levites does not exercise his right of redemption, then the house that was sold in a city of their possession shall be released in the jubilee; for the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the people of Israel.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

and must be returned to the original owners in the Year of Jubilee; for the Levites will not be given farmland like the other tribes, but will receive only houses in their cities, and the surrounding fields.

English Tyndale 1537

And if a man purchase ought of the Levites: whether it be house or city that they possess, the bargain shall go out in the trompet year(of jubilee) for the houses of the cities of the Levites, are their possessions among the children of Israel.