King James Version, Updated™

KJV:   1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,

KJVu: 1 The LORD spoke to Moses on mount Sinai, saying,

KJV:   2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD.

KJVu: 2 "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, 'When YOU come to the land which I give YOU, then shall the land keep a sabbath to the LORD.

KJV:   3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;

KJVu: 3 Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in the fruit of it;

KJV:   4 But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD : thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

KJVu: 4 But in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of rest for the land, a sabbath for the LORD ; you shall neither sow your field, nor prune your vineyard.

KJV:   5 That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land.

KJVu: 5 You shall not reap what grows of its own accord of your harvest, neither gather the grapes of your undressed vine; for it is a year of rest for the land.

KJV:   6 And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee,

KJVu: 6 The sabbath of the land shall be food for YOU; for you, and for your servant, and for your maid, and for your hired servant, and for the stranger that dwells with you,

KJV:   7 And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.

KJVu: 7 and for your cattle, and for the animals that are in your land, all the increase of it shall be for food.

KJV:   8 And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.

KJVu: 8 You shall count seven sabbaths of years to you, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be to you 49 years.

Notes: "Number" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H5608 with a Strong’s definition of "to count, recount, relate.."

KJV:   9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.

KJVu: 9 Then you shall cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, on the day of atonement YOU shall make the trumpet sound throughout all YOUR land.

KJV:   10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.

KJVu: 10 And YOU shall set apart as sacred the 50th year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants ; it shall be a jubile to YOU; and each of YOU shall return to his possession, and each of YOU shall return to his family.

Notes: "Hallow" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H6942 with a Brown-Driver-Briggs definition of "set apart as sacred, consecrate, dedicate."

KJV:   11 A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed.

KJVu: 11 That 50th year shall be a jubilee to YOU; in it YOU shall not sow, neither reap that which grows by itself, nor gather the grapes in it of your undressed vine.

KJV:   12 For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.

KJVu: 12 For it is the jubile; it shall be holy to YOU; YOU shall eat the increase of it out of the field.

KJV:   13 In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.

KJVu: 13 In the year of this jubile each of YOU shall return to his possession.

KJV:   14 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another :

KJVu: 14 And if you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy anything from your neighbor, YOU shall not oppress one another .

KJV:   15 According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:

KJVu: 15 According to the number of years after the jubile you shall buy from your neighbor, and according to the number of years of the crops he shall sell to you.

Notes: "Fruits" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H8393 with a Strong’s definition of "product, yield, usually of earth (= crops, etc.) הָאָרֶץ ׳תּ Exodus 23:10; Leviticus 19:25; Leviticus 23:29; Leviticus 25:3,7 (used as food for man & beast, compare Leviticus 25:22) Joshua 5:12, compare Nehemiah 9:37; Leviticus 25:15,16, also Ezekiel 48:18; in Genesis 47:24 ׳בַּתּ must = of the crops."

KJV:   16 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.

KJVu: 16 According to the multitude of years you shall increase its price, and according to how few the number of years you shall lower its price; for it is based on the number of years of the crops he is selling to you.

KJV:   17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another ; but thou shalt fear thy God : for I am the LORD your God.

KJVu: 17 Therefore YOU shall not oppress one another , but you shall fear your God ; for I am the LORD YOUR God.

KJV:   18 Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

KJVu: 18 Thus YOU shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and YOU shall dwell in the land in safety.

KJV:   19 And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.

KJVu: 19 The land shall yield its fruit, and YOU shall eat YOUR fill, and dwell in it in safety.

KJV:   20 And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:

KJVu: 20 If YOU shall say, "What shall we eat the seventh year, if we do not sow, nor gather in our crops?"

Notes: "Increase" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H8393 with a Brown-Driver-Briggs' definition of "product, yield, usually of earth (= crops, etc.) ."

KJV:   21 Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.

KJVu: 21 Then I will command my blessing on YOU in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth enough crops for three years.

Notes: "Fruit" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H8393 with a Brown-Driver-Briggs' definition of "product, yield, usually of earth (= crops, etc.)."

KJV:   22 And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.

KJVu: 22 And YOU shall sow in the eighth year, and eat from old crops until the ninth year; until the crops come in YOU shall eat from the old store.

KJV:   23 The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

KJVu: 23 The land shall never be sold ; for the land is mine; for YOU are strangers and foreigners with me.

KJV:   24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.

KJVu: 24 And in all the land of YOUR possession YOU shall grant a redemption for the land.

KJV:   25 If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.

KJVu: 25 If your brother becomes poor, and has sold some of his possessions, and if any of his near kin comes to redeem it, then he shall redeem that which his brother sold.

Notes: "Kin" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H7138 with a Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance definition of "allied, approach, at hand, any of kin, that is near of kin, neighbor, that is next, -|- Or qarob {kaw-robe'}; from qarab; near (in place, kindred or time) — allied, approach, at hand, + any of kin, kinsfold(-sman), (that is) near (of kin), neighbour, (that is) next, (them that come) nigh (at hand), more ready, short(-ly)."

KJV:   26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it ;

KJVu: 26 If the man has no one to redeem it, but he himself becomes able to redeem it ,

KJV:   27 Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it ; that he may return unto his possession.

KJVu: 27 then let him count the years since the sale of it, and restore the remainder to the man to whom he sold it , that he may return to his possession.

Notes: "Overplus" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H5736 with a Strong’s definition of "to remain over, be in excess."

KJV:   28 But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.

KJVu: 28 But if he is not able to restore it to himself, then what was sold shall remain in the hand of him who bought it until the year of jubile; and in the jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his possession.

Notes: "Go Out" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H3318 with a Brown-Driver-Briggs' definition of "of release in the year of jubilee, land, etc. Leviticus 25:28,30,31,33 (all H)."

KJV:   29 And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it.

KJVu: 29 If a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it.

KJV:   30 And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations : it shall not go out in the jubile.

KJVu: 30 If it is not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established forever to him that bought it throughout his generations ; it shall not be released in the jubilee.

KJV:   31 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 jubile.

KJVu: 31 But the houses of the 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.

KJV:   32 Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.

KJVu: 32 But as for the cities of the Levites, and the houses in the cities of their possession, the Levites may redeem at any time.

KJV:   33 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 jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.

KJVu: 33 If a man purchases from the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall be released in the year of jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.

KJV:   34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.

KJVu: 34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.

KJV:   35 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him : yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner ; that he may live with thee.

KJVu: 35 If your brother becomes poor, and slips with you, then you shall help him , as if he were a stranger, or a foreigner, that he may live with you.

Notes:

KJV:   36 Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God ; that thy brother may live with thee.

KJVu: 36 Take no interest from him, or unjust gain, but fear your God , that your brother may live with you.

Notes: "Increase" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H8636 with a Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance definition of "increase, unjust gain -|- From rabah; multiplication, i.e. Percentage or bonus in addition to principal — increase, unjust gain.."

KJV:   37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.

KJVu: 37 You shall not lend him your money for interest, nor lend him your food for unjust gain.

Notes: "Give" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H5414 with a Brown-Driver-Briggs' definition of "give, i.e. lend, at interest, בְּנֶשֶׁךְ ׳כַּסְמּוֺ לֹא נ Leviticus 25:37; Psalm 15:5, so (accusative omitted) Ezekiel 18:8,13.."

KJV:   38 I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.

KJVu: 38 I am the LORD YOUR God, who brought YOU forth out of the land of Egypt, to give YOU the land of Canaan, and to be YOUR God.

KJV:   39 And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:

KJVu: 39 If your brother who dwells by you becomes poor, and is sold to you, you shall not compel him to serve as a slave;

KJV:   40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:

KJVu: 40 As a hired servant, and as a foreigner, he shall be with you, and shall serve you until the year of jubilee;

KJV:   41 And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family , and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.

KJVu: 41 Then he shall depart from you, he and his children with him, and shall return to his own family ; and he shall return to the possession of his fathers.

KJV:   42 For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt : they shall not be sold as bondmen.

KJVu: 42 For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt ; they shall not be sold as slaves.

KJV:   43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

KJVu: 43 You shall not rule over him with rigor, but shall fear your God.

KJV:   44 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

KJVu: 44 Both your male, and your female slaves, whom you may have, from the nations that are around YOU, from them YOU shall buy male and female slaves.

Notes: "Heathen" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H1471 with a Strong’s definition of "nation, people."

KJV:   45 Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land, and they shall be your possession.

KJVu: 45 Also of the children of the foreigners that dwell among YOU, of them YOU may buy, and their families that are with YOU, which they had in YOUR land; and they shall be YOUR possession.

KJV:   46 And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.

KJVu: 46 And YOU shall take them as an inheritance for YOUR children after YOU, to inherit them as a possession; they shall be YOUR slaves forever; but over YOUR brethren the children of Israel, YOU shall not rule one over another with rigor.

KJV:   47 And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger’s family :

KJVu: 47 If a foreigner or stranger with you becomes rich, and your brother that dwells by him becomes poor, and sells himself to the stranger or foreigner by you, or to the member of the stranger’s family ,

Notes: "Stock" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H6133 with a Strong’s definition of "an offshoot, member."

KJV:   48 After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him :

KJVu: 48 after he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him ;

KJV:   49 Either his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him ; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.

KJVu: 49 Either his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or anyone who is near of kin to him from his family may redeem him , or if he is able, he may redeem himself.

KJV:   50 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.

KJVu: 50 He shall reckon with him who bought him from the year that he was sold to him to the year of jubilee; and the price of his sale shall be according to the number of years, according to the time of a hired servant shall be with him.

KJV:   51 If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.

KJVu: 51 If there are still many years remaining, according to them he shall return the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.

KJV:   52 And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.

KJVu: 52 And if there remains just a few years until the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him, and according to his years he shall return to him the price of his redemption.

KJV:   53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.

KJVu: 53 He shall treat him as a yearly hired servant ; and he shall not rule over him with rigor in your sight.

KJV:   54 And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.

KJVu: 54 And if he is not redeemed in these years, then he shall be released in the year of jubilee, both he, and his children with him.

KJV:   55 For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt : I am the LORD your God.

KJVu: 55 For the children of Israel are my servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt ; I am the LORD YOUR God. ' "