Ezekiel 46:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will belong to that servant until the year of freedom; then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs only to his sons; it shall be theirs.”
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“But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will belong to that servant until the year of freedom; then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs only to his sons; it shall be theirs.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons’ for them.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But if he give of his inheritance a gift to one of his servants, it shall be his to the year of liberty; then it shall return to the prince; but as for his inheritance, it shall be for his sons.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And when he giveth a gift out of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it hath been to him till the year of freedom, and it hath turned back to the prince, only the inheritance of his sons is theirs.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 46:17 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 25:10So you are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty in the land for all its inhabitants. It shall be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to his property and to his clan.
- Matthew 25:14For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.
- Luke 19:25‘Master,’ they said, ‘he already has ten!’
- Galatians 4:30But what does the Scripture say? “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”
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