Leviticus 25:50
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He and his purchaser will then count the time from the year he sold himself up to the Year of Jubilee. The price of his sale will be determined by the number of years, based on the daily wages of a hired hand.”
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“He and his purchaser will then count the time from the year he sold himself up to the Year of Jubilee. The price of his sale will be determined by the number of years, based on the daily wages of a hired hand.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he sold himself to him unto the year of jubilee: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years; according to the time of a hired servant shall he be with him.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And he hath reckoned with his buyer from the year of his being sold to him till the year of jubilee, and the money of his sale hath been by the number of years; as the days of an hireling it is with him.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Leviticus 25:50 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 25:40Let him stay with you as a hired worker or temporary resident; he is to work for you until the Year of Jubilee.
- Leviticus 25:53He shall be treated like a man hired from year to year, but a foreign owner must not rule over him harshly in your sight.
- Deuteronomy 15:18Do not regard it as a hardship to set your servant free, because his six years of service were worth twice the wages of a hired hand. And the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.
- Job 7:1“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
- Job 14:6look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.
- Isaiah 16:14And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”
- Isaiah 21:16For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.
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