Leviticus 25:23
The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine, for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.In other versions
And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is mine: for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
ASV
No exchange of land may be for ever, for the land is mine, and you are as my guests, living with me for a time.
BBE
And the land shall not be sold for ever; for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
DBY
"'The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; for you are strangers and live as foreigners with me.
WEB
`And the land is not sold -- to extinction, for the land `is' Mine, for sojourners and settlers `are' ye with Me;
YLT
The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine, for all of you are strangers and sojourners with me.
ENG
The land shall not be sold for ever; for the land is mine, for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
WBT
The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.
BSB
In context
21Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
22And 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.
23The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine, for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
24And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.
25If 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.