Leviticus 25:16
New International Version
When the years are many, you are to increase the price, and when the years are few, you are to decrease the price, because what is really being sold to you is the number of crops.

New Living Translation
The more years until the next jubilee, the higher the price; the fewer years, the lower the price. After all, the person selling the land is actually selling you a certain number of harvests.

English Standard Version
If the years are many, you shall increase the price, and if the years are few, you shall reduce the price, for it is the number of the crops that he is selling to you.

Berean Standard Bible
You shall increase the price in proportion to a greater number of years, or decrease it in proportion to a lesser number of years; for he is selling you a given number of harvests.

King James Bible
According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.

New King James Version
According to the multitude of years you shall increase its price, and according to the fewer number of years you shall diminish its price; for he sells to you according to the number of the years of the crops.

New American Standard Bible
In proportion to a greater number of years you shall increase its price, and in proportion to fewer years you shall decrease its price, because it is the number of crops that he is selling to you.

NASB 1995
In proportion to the extent of the years you shall increase its price, and in proportion to the fewness of the years you shall diminish its price, for it is a number of crops he is selling to you.

NASB 1977
‘In proportion to the extent of the years you shall increase its price, and in proportion to the fewness of the years, you shall diminish its price; for it is a number of crops he is selling to you.

Legacy Standard Bible
In proportion to the extent of the years you shall increase its price, and in proportion to the fewness of the years you shall diminish its price, for it is the number of crops it produces that he is selling to you.

Amplified Bible
If the years [until the next Jubilee] are many, you shall increase the price, but if the years remaining are few, you shall reduce the price, because it is the number of crops that he is selling to you.

Christian Standard Bible
You are to increase its price in proportion to a greater amount of years, and decrease its price in proportion to a lesser amount of years, because what he is selling to you is a number of harvests.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You are to increase its price in proportion to a greater amount of years, and decrease its price in proportion to a lesser amount of years, because what he is selling to you is a number of harvests.

American Standard Version
According to the multitude of the years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of the years thou shalt diminish the price of it; for the number of the crops doth he sell unto thee.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
In proportion to the multitude of years, you shall increase its price, and in proportion to the fewness of years you shall decrease its price, because he sells to you by that number of crop years.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
According as there may be a greater number of years he shall increase the value of his possession, and according as there may be a less number of years he shall lessen the value of his possession; for according to the number of his crops, so shall he sell to thee.

Contemporary English Version
If it is a long time before the next Year of Celebration, the price will be higher, because what is really being sold are the crops that the land can produce.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The more years remain after the jubilee, the more shall the price increase: and the less time is counted, so much the less shall the purchase cost. For he shall sell to thee the time of the fruits.

English Revised Version
According to the multitude of the years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of the years thou shalt diminish the price of it; for the number of the crops doth he sell unto thee.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
If there are still many years [until the jubilee], you will pay more for it. If there are only a few years [until the jubilee], you will pay less for it because he is selling you only the number of crops.

Good News Translation
If there are many years, the price shall be higher, but if there are only a few years, the price shall be lower, because what is being sold is the number of crops the land can produce.

International Standard Version
If the number of years after the jubilee is more, increase the selling price. If the number of years after the jubilee is few, decrease its selling price, because he's selling to you according to the potential production volume of the land.

JPS Tanakh 1917
According to the multitude of the years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of the years thou shalt diminish the price of it; for the number of crops doth he sell unto thee.

Literal Standard Version
you multiply its price according to the multitude of the years, and you diminish its price according to the fewness of the years; for [it is] a number of increases [that] he is selling to you;

Majority Standard Bible
You shall increase the price in proportion to a greater number of years, or decrease it in proportion to a lesser number of years; for he is selling you a given number of harvests.

New American Bible
When the years are many, the price shall be so much the more; when the years are few, the price shall be so much the less. For it is really the number of harvests that the person sells you.

NET Bible
The more years there are, the more you may make its purchase price, and the fewer years there are, the less you must make its purchase price, because he is only selling to you a number of years of produce.

New Revised Standard Version
If the years are more, you shall increase the price, and if the years are fewer, you shall diminish the price; for it is a certain number of harvests that are being sold to you.

New Heart English Bible
According to the length of the years you shall increase its price, and according to the shortness of the years you shall diminish its price; for he is selling the number of the crops to you.

Webster's Bible Translation
According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price of it, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell to thee.

World English Bible
According to the length of the years you shall increase its price, and according to the shortness of the years you shall diminish its price; for he is selling the number of the crops to you.

Young's Literal Translation
according to the multitude of the years thou dost multiply its price, and according to the fewness of the years thou dost diminish its price; for a number of increases he is selling to thee;

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Context
Return of Property
15You are to buy from your neighbor according to the number of years since the last Jubilee; he is to sell to you according to the number of harvest years remaining. 16You shall increase the price in proportion to a greater number of years, or decrease it in proportion to a lesser number of years; for he is selling you a given number of harvests. 17Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.…

Cross References
Leviticus 25:15
You are to buy from your neighbor according to the number of years since the last Jubilee; he is to sell to you according to the number of harvest years remaining.

Leviticus 25:27
he shall calculate the years since its sale, repay the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and return to his property.

Leviticus 25:51
If many years remain, he must pay for his redemption in proportion to his purchase price.


Treasury of Scripture

According to the multitude of years you shall increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years you shall diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits does he sell to you.

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Crops Decrease Diminish Extent Few Fruits Great Greater Increase Increased Increases Length Multiply Multitude Price Produce Proportion Really Sell Selling Small Thereof
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Leviticus 25
1. the Sabbath of the seventh year
8. The jubilee in the fiftieth year
14. Of oppression
18. A blessing of obedience
23. The redemption of land
29. Of houses
35. Compassion to the poor
39. The usage of bondmen
47. The redemption of servants














(16) According to the multitude of years . . . and according to.--Better, in proportion to the multitude of years . . . and in proportion to, as the words in the original here are not the same which are used in Leviticus 25:15 and at the end of this verse, which are translated "according" in the Authorised Version. Having laid down in the preceding verse the principles of equitable dealings both for the purchaser and vendor, the Lawgiver, in his anxiety lest the distressed seller should be taken advantage of, reverts again to the purchaser, who is enjoined strictly to regulate the purchase price in proportion to the number of years the lease of the field has still to run.

For according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell.--Better, for a number of crops he selleth, that is, the vendor does not sell the land but a certain number of harvests till the next jubile.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
In proportion
לְפִ֣י ׀ (lə·p̄î)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

to a greater number
רֹ֣ב (rōḇ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7230: Multitude, abundance, greatness

of years
הַשָּׁנִ֗ים (haš·šā·nîm)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 8141: A year

you shall increase
תַּרְבֶּה֙ (tar·beh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great

the price,
מִקְנָת֔וֹ (miq·nā·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4736: A buying, acquisition, a piece of property, the sum paid

or decrease
מְעֹ֣ט (mə·‘ōṭ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 4591: To pare off, lessen, in, to be, small, few

[it]
מִקְנָת֑וֹ (miq·nā·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4736: A buying, acquisition, a piece of property, the sum paid

in proportion to
וּלְפִי֙ (ū·lə·p̄î)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

a lesser
תַּמְעִ֖יט (tam·‘îṭ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 4591: To pare off, lessen, in, to be, small, few

number of years;
הַשָּׁנִ֔ים (haš·šā·nîm)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 8141: A year

for
כִּ֚י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

he
ה֥וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

is selling
מֹכֵ֖ר (mō·ḵêr)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 4376: To sell

you
לָֽךְ׃ (lāḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

a given number of
מִסְפַּ֣ר (mis·par)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4557: A number, definite, indefinite, narration

harvests.
תְּבוּאֹ֔ת (tə·ḇū·’ōṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 8393: Product, revenue


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