Preface:    Leviticus 25 covers a variety of topics: the Sabbath Year and the Year of Jubilee (neither of which appears to have been followed by the Hebrew people); the redemption of property; and how to treat a Hebrew slave.

The Bible Summary of Leviticus 25 (in 140 characters or less): Every seventh year the land shall rest. Every fiftieth year shall be a jubilee, when property shall be restored and slaves released.

There are many chapter commentaries on the book of Leviticus. This will be the most extensive examination of Leviticus 25, where you will be able to examine in depth every word of the original text. Every attempt has been made to make this both a complete and self-contained study. Therefore, all references, vocabulary, and related concepts should be found within this extensive study. Easy access links to more in-depth studies of some vocabulary words, concepts and doctrines are also provided.

Outline of Chapter 25:

Introduction

         vv.     1–7           The Sabbath Year

         vv.     8–19         The Year of Jubilee

         vv.    20–22         God's Provision in Consecutive Sabbath Years

         vv.    23–34         The Law of Redemption with Respect to Property

         vv.    35–46         The Treatment of Hebrew Citizens who have Become Poor

         vv.    47–55         The Treatment of Hebrew Slaves

Chapter Summary

Addendum

Charts, Graphics and Short Doctrines:

         Preface               Quotations

         Introduction         Titles and/or Brief Descriptions of Leviticus 25 (by various commentators)

         Introduction         Brief, but insightful observations of Leviticus 25 (various commentators)

         Introduction         Fundamental Questions About Leviticus 25

         Introduction         The Prequel of Leviticus 25

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         Introduction         The Principals of Leviticus 25

         Introduction         The Places of Leviticus 25

         Introduction         By the Numbers

         Introduction         Timeline for Leviticus 25

         Introduction         A Synopsis of Leviticus 25

         Introduction         Outlines of Leviticus 25 (Various Commentators)

         Introduction         A Synopsis of Leviticus 25 from the Summarized Bible

         Introduction         The Big Picture (Leviticus 1–15)

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         Introduction         Changes—additions and subtractions (for Leviticus 25)

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         Summary            A Set of Summary Doctrines and Commentary

         Summary            Why Leviticus 25 is in the Word of God

         Summary            What We Learn from Leviticus 25

         Summary            Jesus Christ in Leviticus 25

         Summary            Edersheim Summarizes Leviticus 25

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         Addendum          Extensive Footnote for Leviticus 25:1–22 (from the Christian Community Bible)

         Addendum          Footnotes on Liberty and Jubilee (from the Christian Community Bible)

         Addendum          Extensive Footnote on Redemption (from the Heritage Bible)

         Addendum          Footnote on helping the poor (from the Christian Community Bible)

         Addendum          Slavery (by R. B. Thieme, Jr.)

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         Addendum          Josephus’ History of this Time Period

         Addendum          A Complete Translation of Leviticus 25

         Addendum          Doctrinal Teachers Who Have Taught Leviticus 25

         Addendum          Word Cloud from a Reasonably Literal Paraphrase of Leviticus 25

         Addendum          Word Cloud from Exegesis of Leviticus 25

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An Introduction to Leviticus 25

I ntroduction: One of the most fascinating portions of the Law is the Sabbath year and the Year of Jubilee. Leviticus 25 will cover these two periods of time and several other topics. Much of the end of this chapter deals with land and slavery and their redemption with respect to the Year of Jubilee. That is, a Jewish slave would be released in the Year of Jubilee; what about his redemption prior to that? That is what much of the remainder of Leviticus 25 deals with. A key word in this chapter is shûwb (שוּב) [pronounced shoo^bv]; it means return, and it is found ten times in this chapter. Primarily we see a man's possession (in this context, his property) returned to him. In fact, the way it reads most of the time is that he is returned unto his possession. Another word often found in this chapter is yâtsâ (יָצָא) [pronounced yaw-TZAWH] and it means to go out, to come out; however, in this context it occasionally means to revert. It is found nine times in this chapter and well over a thousand times in the Bible. Concerning this chapter, Zodhiates writes: The provisions of this chapter prevent overworking the land, call for regular land redistribution, and forbid perpetual servitude...these things were not proposed merely as sound social legislation, for each one had a specific theological cause as well. Servants were to be released in the Year of Jubilee because God had rescued the Israelites from Egypt and they were all His servants (Leviticus 25:55). The land was to be redeemed regularly, because it actually belonged to God, not Israel (Leviticus 25:23–24).

Leviticus 25 contains a number of topics, many of which were ignored by the Hebrew people and are ignored today by the entire-Bible folk. By that term, I mean those who see no difference between Israel and the church, or believe that the church has replaced Israel, or believe that the whole Bible is to be obeyed at every point. There are things in this chapter which the Hebrew people never followed (or almost never); and these same things are not followed even by the weirdest of Christian cults. Those people who try to sell you on keeping the Sabbath never haul you over to Leviticus 25 and say, “Now listen to this revelation, my brothers. From this oint forward, our church is going to celebrate the Year of Jubilee.” No matter how weird or far out a cult might get, it is not going to do that.

I write these things, so that you can think about yourself and about the application of these things with reference to you specifically.

First of all, there was a Sabbath year for the people to adhere to and celebrate. That is, for a year, they would just let their fields go fallow and they would be limited as to where they could go and harvest from their land. What they could not do his plant and harvest their own land. “How the heck are we going to eat?” Believe it or not, that is actually one of the verses from this chapter. Or a paraphrase of same.

No matter how much an organization, cult, or denomination demands that you keep the Sabbath day, they never say, “You must keep the Sabbath year!” And yet here it is, clearly stated, what the Sabbath year is and what you must and must not do during the Sabbath year (vv. 3–7). As an aside, the Hebrew people did not follow this mandate either.

The Year of Jubilee gets quite the treatment in this chapter, vv. 8–22; and the redemption of property (vv. 23–34) is mostly related to the Year of Jubilee. That is 27 verses on this year of years, and yet, when do we read about the Jews following these statutes? You would think that at the top of this chapter it reads: Now, this stuff you can ignore. That heading is not there, but insofar as the Hebrew people are concerned, it might as well have been.

Now, don’t misunderstand what I am saying about this chapter. I am not pouring out contempt for the Hebrew people or citing this as another place where they failed and proclaim, “So God had to take their spiritual position from them.” These are things which are simply a matter of human history. We deal with them as objectively as possible, and are careful not to draw false conclusions as a result.

Temporarily, God has gone with a new program, the Church Age. This is the mystery age inserted prior to the end of the Jewish Age. This does not, in any way, imply that God has completely abandoned the Hebrew people. That is a solid wrong point of view. Antisemitism is just as wrong today as it was when David reigned. Many of God’s prophecies—I say many, I should say almost all—will be fulfilled by the Hebrew people. The Jewish Age will resume at some point in the future, and Jesus will rule the world from Jerusalem in the Millennium. It does not get much more Jewish than that. We live during a wonderful period of human history, but do not suppose that God has abandoned His people. You could not misunderstand the Bible more if you think that.

Now, as an aside, with land being returned (in theory) to the original owner on the Year of Jubilee, this is not communism or socialism. This will be explained further when we study these passages.

Now, about half of this chapter is given over to the individual Hebrew who is poor or even destitute. This was to be applied directly then; and we should be able to make application of these principles even today.

Briefly—and I could have prefaced every chapter of the Torah with this—the Mosaic Law is for Israel specifically, and the statutes cited are specifically for them. That does not mean that we simply set this information aside and never give it any thought. This information is pertinent to us today, but without directly applying it.

Another general comment on this chapter: there were times when I struggled with individual phrases or full sentences (and sometimes entire verses) when it came to translating them. Most of the time I simply work with the Hebrew and develop a translation from that. However, I found it necessary a number of times in this chapter to look at common literal translations to help me put together a good translation (my e-sword is set up to show me the translation for the Modern Literal Version 2020, the English Standard Version, Green’s Literal Translation, the Updated Bible Version 2.17 (I may replace this one in the group), the Webster Bible and the World English Bible (the WEB version). I can generally come up with a reasonable translation from these.

Timeline for Leviticus

There is very little narrative in the book of Leviticus; so this information may have been given to Moses in a few days or, at most, a few weeks; and Moses both wrote these things down and informed the people. Because of information previously studied in the introduction, we are not 100% certain if all of this material was given to Moses while in the newly erected Tabernacle. I would lean towards that being the case.

As I have done previously, since this chapters is what God is saying to Moses, I will begin and end the chapter with quotation marks. I will not insert a new set of quotation marks for each new paragraph.

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The Sabbath Year

Exodus 23:10–11 Deuteronomy 15:1–11

Here is how others have translated this passage:

Ancient texts:                       Note: I compare the Hebrew text to English translations of the Latin, Syriac (= Aramaic) and Greek texts, using the Douay-Rheims translation; George Lamsa’s translation, and Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton’s translation as revised and edited by Paul W. Esposito, respectively. I often update these texts with non-substantive changes (e.g., you for thou, etc.). I often use the text of the Complete Apostles’ Bible instead of Brenton’s translation, because it updates the English text.

The Septuagint was the earliest known translation of a book (circa 200 b.c.). Since this translation was made before the textual criticism had been developed into a science and because different books appear to be translated by different men, the Greek translation can sometimes be very uneven.

When there are serious disparities between my translation and Brenton’s (or the text of the Complete Apostles’ Bible), I look at the Greek text of the Septuagint (the LXX) to see if a substantive difference actually exists (and I reflect these changes in the English rendering of the Greek text). I use the Greek LXX with Strong’s numbers and morphology available for e-sword. The only problem with this resource (which is a problem for similar resources) is, there is no way to further explore Greek verbs which are not found in the New Testament. Although I usually quote the Complete Apostles’ Bible here, I have begun to make changes in the translation when their translation conflicts with the Greek and note what those changes are.

The Masoretic text is the Hebrew text with all of the vowels (vowel points) inserted (the original Hebrew text lacked vowels). We take the Masoretic text to be the text closest to the original. However, differences between the Masoretic text and the Greek, Latin and Syriac are worth noting and, once in a great while, represent a more accurate text possessed by those other ancient translators.

In general, the Latin text is an outstanding translation from the Hebrew text into Latin and very trustworthy (I say this as a non-Catholic). Unfortunately, I do not read Latin—apart from some very obvious words—so I am dependent upon the English translation of the Latin (principally, the Douay-Rheims translation).

The comparisons which I do are primarily between the English translations which are taken from the ancient tongues. For the most part, the variances are so minor that I rarely investigate them any further than that.

Underlined words indicate differences in the text.

Bracketed portions of the Dead Sea Scrolls are words, letters and phrases lost in the scroll due to various types of damage. Underlined words or phrases are those in the Dead Sea Scrolls but not in the Masoretic text.

I will only list the translation from the Dead Sea Scrolls if it exists and if it is different from the Masoretic text.

The Targum of Onkelos is actually the Pentateuchal Targumim, which are The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel. On the Pentateuch With The Fragments of the Jerusalem Targum From the Chaldee by J. W. Etheridge, M.A. From http://www.becomingjewish.org/texts/targum/onkelos_Leviticus.html and first published in 1862.

Occasionally, there is an obvious error in the English translation, and I correct those without additional mention or footnoting. For instance, the online version of the Targum of Onkelos which I use has gorund in Ex. 4:9; I simply corrected the text. This may occur once or twice in a chapter.

I attempt to include translations which are different in their vocabulary and phrasing. On many occasions, I may include a translation which is not substantially different than another listed translation.

Most of the translations can be found here.

Ancient texts:

Masoretic Text (Hebrew)        And so speaks Y^ehowah unto Moses in a mountain of Sinai, to say, “Speak unto sons of Israel and you have said unto them, ‘When you (all) have come into the land I am giving to you (all), and has kept a rest, the land, a Sabbath to Y^ehowah.

Dead Sea Scrolls                   .

Targum (Onkelos)                  . Translation for Onkelos and Pseudo-Jonathan by J. W. Etheridge, M.A. (1862).

Targum (Pseudo-Jonathan)   .

Jerusalem targum                  .

Updated Douay-Rheims         .

Douay-Rheims 1899 (Amer.) And the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sinai, saying:

Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: When you shall have entered into the land which I will give you, observe the rest of the sabbath of the Lord.

Aramaic ESV of Peshitta        Mar-Yah said to Mosha in Mount Sinai,

"Speak to the B'nai Yisrael, and tell them, 'When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a Sabbath to Mar-Yah.

Lamsa’s Peshitta (Syriac)     .

V. Alexander’s Aramaic T.     .

Samaritan Pentateuch           .

Updated Brenton (Greek)       And the Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying,

Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, When you come into the land which I give to you, then the land shall rest, to keep its Sabbaths to the Lord.

Significant differences: 

Limited Vocabulary Translations:

Bible in Basic English             And the Lord said to Moses on Mount Sinai, 

Say to the children of Israel, When you come into the land which I will give you, let the land keep a Sabbath to the Lord.

Easy English                          .

Easy-to-Read Version–2008  The LORD spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai. He said, "Tell the Israelites: When you enter the land that I am giving to you, you must let the land have a special time of rest. This will be a special time of rest to honor the LORD.

God’s Word™                         The LORD spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, "Tell the Israelites: When you come into the land I'm giving you, the land will celebrate a year to honor the LORD.

Good News Bible (TEV)         The LORD spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai and commanded him to give the following regulations to the people of Israel. When you enter the land that the LORD is giving you, you shall honor the LORD by not cultivating the land every seventh year.

The Message                         .

Names of God Bible               .

NIRV                                      .

New Simplified Bible              .

Thought-for-thought translations; dynamic translations; paraphrases:

Casual English Bible             .

Contemporary English V.       When Moses was on Mount Sinai, the LORD told him to say to the community of Israel: After you enter the land that I am giving you, it must be allowed to rest one year out of every seven.

The Living Bible                     .

New Berkeley Version           .

New Life Version                    .

New Living Translation           .

UnfoldingWord (Simplified)    Yahweh said to Moses on Mount Sinai, "Tell the Israelites that Yahweh is giving these commands to them: When you enter the land that he is about to give you, every seventh year you must honor him by not planting any crops. You must allow the ground to rest.

Partially literal and partially paraphrased translations:

American English Bible          .

Beck’s American Translation .

Common English Bible           .

New Advent (Knox) Bible       .

Translation for Translators     .

Mostly literal renderings (with some occasional paraphrasing):

Christian Standard Bible        .

Berean Study Bible                Then the LORD said to Moses on Mount Sinai, “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land I am giving you, the land itself must observe a Sabbath to the LORD.

Conservapedia                       .

Revised Ferrar-Fenton Bible  .

God’s Truth (Tyndale)           .

The Heritage Bible                 .

International Standard V        Sabbatical Years

The Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai. “Tell the Israelis that when you enter the land that I’m about to give you, you are to let the land observe a Sabbath to the Lord. For six years you may plant your fields, and for six years you may prune your vineyard and gather its produce. V. 3 is included for context.

Lexham English Bible            .

NIV, ©2011                             .

Unfolding Word Literal Text   Yahweh spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying, "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 'When you come into the land that I give you, then the land must be made to keep a Sabbath for Yahweh.

Urim-Thummim Version         YHWH spoke to Moses in Mount Sinai saying, Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that I give you, then the land will keep a Sabbath to YHWH.

Wikipedia Bible Project          And Yahweh spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying: Speak to the sons of Israel and you said to them:
When you come to the land which I am giving to you, and you rested the Earth a rest for Yahweh.

Catholic Bibles (those having the imprimatur):

Christian Community (1988)  The sabbatical year and jubilee

• Yahweh spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai: “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land I am giving you, let the land rest for Yahweh every seventh year.

Extensive footnote is placed in the Addendum.

New American Bible(2011)    .

The Catholic Bible                  .

New Jerusalem Bible             .

NRSV (Anglicized Cath. Ed.) .

Revised English Bible–1989            .

Jewish/Hebrew Names Bibles:

Complete Jewish Bible           .

exeGeses companion Bible   .

Hebraic Roots Bible               .

Kaplan Translation                 . The Kaplan Translation, particularly in Leviticus through Deuteronomy, takes note of historic rabbinic opinions.

The Scriptures–2009              And יהוה spoke to Mosheh on Mount Sinai, saying, 

“Speak to the children of Yisra’ěl, and say to them, ‘When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall observe a Sabbath to יהוה.

Tree of Life Version                Then Adonai said to Moses on Mount Sinai,

“Speak to Bnei-Yisrael and tell them: When you come into the land which I give you, then the land is to keep a Shabbat to Adonai.

Weird English, Olde English, Anachronistic English Translations:

Alpha & Omega Bible            AND JESUS SPOKE TO MOSES IN THE MOUNT SINAI, SAYING,

“SPEAK TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND YOU SHALL SAY TO THEM, ‘WHENSOEVER YOU SHALL HAVE ENTERED INTO THE LAND, WHICH I GIVE TO YOU, THEN THE LAND SHALL REST WHICH I GIVE TO YOU, FOR ITS REST DAYS TO JESUS.

Awful Scroll Bible                   Sustains To Become was to speak to Moses on Mount Sinai, to the intent:

Be speaking to the sons of Contends-with-he-mighty even is you to have said: As you was to come in the solid grounds that I am granting to you, the solid grounds are to have rested a sabbath, to Sustains To Become.

Concordant Literal Version    Yahweh spoke to Moses on mount Sinai, saying.

Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them:When you come into the land that I am giving to you, the land will pause for a sabbath to Yahweh.

exeGeses companion Bible   SHABBATH YEAR

And Yah Veh words to Mosheh in mount Sinay,

saying,

Word to the sons of Yisra El and say to them,

When you come to the land I give you,

shabbathize the land - a shabbath to Yah Veh.

Orthodox Jewish Bible                                                          BEHAR

And Hashem spoke unto Moshe in Mt. Sinai, saying,

Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, and say unto them, When ye come into HaAretz which I give you, then shall HaAretz observe a Shabbos rest unto Hashem.

Rotherham’s Emphasized B.                             § 22. The Sabbath of the Land, and the Jubilee.

Chapter 25.

And Yahweh spake unto Moses in Mount Sinaiˎ saying—

    Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them:—

<When ye enter into the land which ||I|| am giving you> then shall the land keep a sabbath unto Yahweh.

Expanded/Embellished Bibles:

The Amplified Bible                .

The Expanded Bible              .

Kretzmann’s Commentary    .

Lexham English Bible            The Sabbath Year

Then [Or “And”] Yahweh spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, [Literally “the mountain of Sinai”] saying, “Speak to the Israelites, [Literally “sons/children of Israel”] and say to them, ‘When you [Plural] come into the land that I am about to give to you, [Plural] then [Or “and”] the land shall observe a Sabbath for Yahweh.

Syndein/Thieme                     .

The Voice                               .

Bible Translations with Many Footnotes:

The Complete Tanach           .

The Geneva Bible                  .

Kaplan Translation                 The Sabbatical Year

God spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai, telling him to

speak to the Israelites and say to them:

When you come to the land that I am giving you, the land must be given a rest period, a sabbath to God.

at Mount Sinai

At this time, the Israelites were still at the foot of Mount Sinai (cf. Numbers 10:11,12; see Josephus, Antiquities 3:12:3; Baaley Tosafoth). Or, 'on Mount Sinai' (Sifra; Rashi). According to this, the section from here until the end of the book (see Leviticus 27:34) was given before the tabernacle was erected (Rashbam). Some say that it was given during Moses' first 40 days on the mountain, and was the 'book of covenant' ( Exodus 24:7) that Moses read to the Israelites (Ibn Ezra; Chizzkuni). According to others, it was given during the last 40 day period, while Moses was obtaining the second Tablets, and thus, it constituted a new covenant (Ramban; Abarbanel). Some say that Moses declared it to the Israelites at that time (Ibid.).

NET Bible®                             .

New American Bible(2011)    .

Rotherham’s Emphasized B. .

Literal, almost word-for-word, renderings:

A Faithful Version                  .

C. Thomson Updated OT       .

Charles Thomson OT            The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them, When you are come into the land which I give you, the land which I give you must rest sabbaths for the Lord.

Context Group Version          .

English Standard Version      .

Green’s Literal Translation    .

Legacy Standard Bible           .

Literal Standard Version        .

Modern English Version         .

Modern Literal Version 2020  And Jehovah spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, When you* come into the land which I give you*, then the land will keep a Sabbath to Jehovah.

New American Standard B.    .

New European Version          .

New King James Version       .

Niobi Study Bible                   .

Revised Mechanical Trans.    ...and YHWH spoke to Mosheh in the hill of Sinai saying, speak to the sons of Yisra'eyl and you will say to them, given that you will come to the land which I am giving to you, and the land will cease a ceasing for YHWH.

Updated Bible Version 2.17   .

A Voice in the Wilderness      .

Webster’s Bible Translation  .

World English Bible                .

Young's Literal Translation     .

Young's Updated LT              .

The gist of this passage: 

Translation: Y^ehowah spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying,...

The prefixed bêyth preposition refers to proximity. The camp of the Israelites was near Mount Sinai; Moses was not going up on Mount Sinai anymore, as the footnote in the NASB seems to indicate.

The only difference between the form of this phrase and previous ones is the inclusion of Mount Sinai. This is only referenced once before in the book of Leviticus. Leviticus 7:37–38  This is the law of the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the guilt offering, the ordination offering, and the peace offering, which the LORD gave Moses on Mount Sinai on the day He commanded the Israelites to present their offerings to the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai.  Twice more in Leviticus, the fact that this is what God said to Moses on Mount Sinai is mentioned. The next two times we read this, it pretty much indicates that all of Leviticus came from Mount Sinai. That is, Moses did not run back and forth in each chapter to get the information for that chapter, but he likely received all of this information during the forty days that he was on the mountain.

Leviticus 25:1 Y^ehowah spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying,... (Kukis mostly literal translation)

Translation: ...“Speak to the sons of Israel and you have said to them,...

This phrase is found in pretty much every chapter of Leviticus.

Translation: ...‘When you (all) come into the land I am giving to you (all),...

God speaks of all the people coming into the land which He is giving to Israel.

Translation: ...and the land has kept a rest, a Sabbath to Y^ehowah. (Kukis mostly literal translation)

The land itself will keep a rest, a Sabbath, to Y^ehowah. Exactly what that means will be explained in the subsequent verses.

Leviticus 25:2 ...“Speak to the sons of Israel and you have said to them, ‘When you (all) come into the land I am giving to you (all), and the land has kept a rest, a Sabbath to Y^ehowah. (Kukis mostly literal translation)

Even what God has given the Israelites must be rested. God provides for everything. We can do absolutely nothing to earn or to deserve what God has given us.

Leviticus 25:1–2 Y^ehowah spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying, “Speak to the sons of Israel and you have said to them, ‘When you (all) come into the land I am giving to you (all), and the land has kept a rest, a Sabbath to Y^ehowah. (Kukis mostly literal translation)

Leviticus 25:1–2 Jehovah spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying, “Speak to the sons of Israel and say this to them: ‘When you come into the land that I have given you, the land itself will keep a rest, a Sabbath, to Jehovah. (Kukis paraphrase)

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Here is how others have translated this passage:

Ancient texts:

Masoretic Text (Hebrew)        Six years you will sow your fields and six years you will prune your vineyard and collect her produce; and in the year the seventh a resting of a Sabbath-rest`is for the land, a resting for Y^ehowah. Your field you will not sow and your vineyard you will not prune. After growth, your harvest, you will not harvest and grapes of an unintended vine you will not cut off. A year of a Sabbath-rest will be for the land.

Dead Sea Scrolls                   .

Jerusalem targum                  .

Targum (Onkelos)                  .

Targum (Pseudo-Jonathan)   .

Aramaic Targum                    .

The Psalms Targum              .

Updated Douay-Rheims         .

Douay-Rheims 1899 (Amer.) Six years thou shalt sow thy field and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and shalt gather the fruits thereof.

But in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath to the land, of the resting of the Lord. Thou shalt not sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

What the ground shall bring forth of itself, thou shalt not reap: neither shalt thou gather the grapes or the firstfruits as a vintage. For it is a year of rest to the land.

Aramaic ESV of Peshitta        Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in its fruits;

but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to Mar-Yah. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard.

What grows of itself in your harvest you shall not reap, and the grapes of your undressed vine you shall not gather. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.

Original Aramaic Psalms        .

V. Alexander’s Aramaic T.     .

Plain English Aramaic Bible   .

Lamsa’s Peshitta (Syriac)     .

Samaritan Pentateuch           .

Updated Brenton (Greek)       Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vine, and gather in its fruit.

But in the seventh year shall be a Sabbath, it shall be a rest to the land, a Sabbath unto the Lord: you shall not sow your field, and you shall not prune your vine.

And you shall not gather the spontaneous produce of your field, and you shall not gather fully the grapes of your dedication: it shall be a year of rest to the land.

Significant differences: 

Limited Vocabulary Translations:

Bible in Basic English             For six years put seed into your land, and for six years give care to your vines and get in the produce of them; 

But let the seventh year be a Sabbath of rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord; do not put seed into your land or have your vines cut. 

That which comes to growth of itself may not be cut, and the grapes of your uncared-for vines may not be taken off; let it be a year of rest for the land.

Easy English                          .

Easy-to-Read Version–2008  You will plant seed in your field for six years. You will trim your vineyards for six years and bring in its fruits. But during the seventh year, you will let the land rest. This will be a special time of rest to honor the LORD. You must not plant seed in your field or trim your vineyards. You must not cut the crops that grow by themselves after your harvest. You must not gather the grapes from your vines that are not trimmed. The land will have a year of rest.

God’s Word™                         Then, for six years you may plant crops in your fields, prune your vineyards, and gather what they produce. However, the seventh year will be a festival year for the land. It will be a year to honor the LORD. Don't plant crops in your fields or prune your vineyards. Don't harvest what grows by itself or harvest grapes from your vines. That year will be a festival for the land.

Good News Bible (TEV)         You shall plant your fields, prune your vineyards, and gather your crops for six years. But the seventh year is to be a year of complete rest for the land, a year dedicated to the LORD. Do not plant your fields or prune your vineyards. Do not even harvest the grain that grows by itself without being planted, and do not gather the grapes from your unpruned vines; it is a year of complete rest for the land.

The Message                         .

Names of God Bible               .

NIRV                                      .

New Simplified Bible              .

Thought-for-thought translations; dynamic translations; paraphrases:

Casual English Bible             .

Contemporary English V.       You may raise grain and grapes for six years, but the seventh year you must let your fields and vineyards rest in honor of me, your LORD. This is to be a time of complete rest for your fields and vineyards, so don't harvest anything they produce.

The Living Bible                     .

New Berkeley Version           .

New Life Version                    .

New Living Translation           .

The Passion Translation        .

Unfolding Bible Simplified      During six years, you are to plant crops in your fields, prune your grapevines, and harvest your crops. But during the seventh year you must allow your fields to rest, in order to honor Yahweh. Do not plant seeds in your fields or prune your grapevines during the seventh year. In the seventh year, you must not bring workers together to harvest whatever grain has grown in your fields; you must not bring workers together to harvest whatever grapes have grown on the vines that you did not cut back. You must allow the land to rest for that one year.

Partially literal and partially paraphrased translations:

American English Bible          .

Beck’s American Translation .

Common English Bible           .

New Advent (Knox) Bible       .

Translation for Translators     .

Mostly literal renderings (with some occasional paraphrasing):

Berean Study Bible                For six years you may sow your field and prune your vineyard and gather its crops.  But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land—a Sabbath to the LORD. You are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard.  You are not to reap the aftergrowth of your harvest or gather the grapes of your untended vines. The land must have a year of complete rest.

Christian Standard Bible        .

Conservapedia Translation    .

Revised Ferrar-Fenton Bible  .

God’s Truth (Tyndale)           .

The Heritage Bible                          You shall sow your field six years, and you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in its increase six years,

And the seventh year shall be a Sabbath, a great solemn Sabbath to the land, a Sabbath for Jehovah; you shall not sow your field, and you shall not prune your vineyard.

You shall not reap the volunteer harvest, and you shall not clip off the grapes of unpruned vines, because it is a year of solemn Sabbath to the land.

International Standard V        “But the seventh year is to be a Sabbath of rest for the land—a Sabbath for the Lord. You are not to plant your field or prune your vineyard. You are not to gather what grows from the spilled kernels of your crops. You are not to pick the grapes of your untrimmed vines. Let it be a year of Sabbath for the land. V. 3 was placed with the previous passage for context.

H. C. Leupold                         .

Lexham English Bible            .

NIV, ©2011                             .

Unfolding Bible Literal Text    You must plant your field for six years, and for six years you must prune your vineyard and gather the produce. But in the seventh year, a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land must be observed, a Sabbath for Yahweh. You must not plant your field or prune your vineyard. You must not conduct an organized harvest of whatever grows by itself, and you must not conduct an organized harvest of whatever grapes grow on your unpruned vines. This will be a year of solemn rest for the land.

Urim-Thummim Version         For 6 years you will sow your field, and for 6 years you will prune your vineyard, and gather in its produce. And in the 7th year a Sabbath of rest is for the land, a Sabbath to YHWH, your field you will not sow and your vineyard you will not prune. What grows of itself of your harvest you will not reap, and the grapes of your untrimmed vines you will not cut off, a SABBATICAL YEAR of rest there will be for the land.

Wikipedia Bible Project          Six years, you will seed your field, and six years, you will prune your vineyards, and you gathered its bounty. And on the seventh year, it will be a rest-sabbath for the Earth, a rest for Yahweh. You will not seed your field, and you will not prune your vineyards. And the wild-growth of your harvest you will not reap, and the grapes of your wild-vine you will not gather. It will be a sabbatical year for the earth.

Catholic Bibles (those having the imprimatur):

Christian Community (1988)  For six years you shall sow your field, prune your vineyard and harvest the produce, but in the seventh year the land shall have a rest, or sabbath, a sabbath for Yahweh. You shall not sow your field nor prune your vineyard; you shall not reap the aftergrowth of your harvest nor gather the grapes of your uncultivated vines. A portion of v. 5 will be placed with the next passage for context.

New American Bible (2011)   .

The Catholic Bible                  .

New Jerusalem Bible             .

NRSV (Anglicized Cath. Ed.) .

Revised English Bible–1989   .

Jewish/Hebrew Names Bibles:

Complete Jewish Bible           .

exeGeses companion Bible   .

Hebraic Roots Bible               .

Kaplan Translation                 .

The Scriptures–2009              ‘Six years you sow your field, and six years you prune your vineyard, and gather in its fruit, but in the seventh year the land is to have a Sabbath of rest, a Sabbath to יהוה. Do not sow your field and do not prune your vineyard. 

‘Do not reap what grows of its own of your harvest, and do not gather the grapes of your unpruned vine, for it is a year of rest for the land.

Tree of Life Version                For six years you may sow your field and for six years you may prune your vineyard and gather in its fruits. But in the seventh year there is to be a Shabbat rest for the land—a Shabbat to Adonai. You are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard. You are not to reap what grows by itself during your harvest nor gather the grapes of your untended vine. It is to be a year of Shabbat rest for the land.

Weird English, Olde English, Anachronistic English Translations:

Alpha & Omega Bible            SIX YEARS YOU SHALL SOW YOUR FIELD, AND SIX YEARS YOU SHALL PRUNE YOUR VINE, AND GATHER IN ITS FRUIT.

BUT IN THE SEVENTH YEAR SHALL BE A REST DAY, IT SHALL BE A REST TO THE LAND, A REST DAY TO JESUS: YOU SHALL NOT SOW YOUR FIELD, AND YOU SHALL NOT PRUNE YOUR VINE.

AND YOU SHALL NOT GATHER THE SPONTANEOUS PRODUCE OF YOUR FIELD, AND YOU SHALL NOT GATHER FULLY THE GRAPES OF YOUR DEDICATION: IT SHALL BE A YEAR OF REST TO THE LAND.

Awful Scroll Bible                   Six years was you to sow seed on your field, and for six years was you to prune your vineyard, and is to have gathered of its yield.

The seventh year is a sabbath rest for the solid grounds, even a sabbath to Sustains To Become - was you to sow seed in your field, either was you to prune your vineyard?

Was that spilled from your harvest to be reaped? - indeed was you to restrain the grapes of your untrimmed vine? - It is a year of rest to the solid grounds.

Concordant Literal Version    Six years shall you sow your field, and six years shall you prune your vineyard and gather its yield.

Yet in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of cessation for the land, a sabbath to Yahweh. Your field you shall not sow, and your vineyard you shall not prune;"

The self-sown of your harvest you shall not reap, and the grapes of your untrimmed vines you shall not pick. A year of cessation shall it be for the land.

exeGeses companion Bible   Six years seed your field

and six years pluck your vineyard

and gather in the produce thereof;

and the seventh year becomes a shabbath

- a shabbathism to the land;

a shabbath to Yah Veh:

neither seed your field nor pluck your vineyard:

nor harvest the spontaneous growth of your harvest,

nor clip the grapes of your separatism:

for it is a year of shabbathism to the land:...

Orthodox Jewish Bible           Six years thou shalt sow thy sadeh, and six years thou shalt prune thy kerem, and gather in the fruit thereof;

But in the Shanah HaShevi'it shall be a Shabbos Shabbaton unto HaAretz, a Shabbos unto Hashem; thou shalt neither sow thy sadeh, nor prune thy kerem (vineyard).

That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy untended vine; for it is Shnat Shabbaton unto HaAretz.

Rotherham’s Emphasized B. <Six years> shalt thou sow thy field, and <six years> shalt thou prune thy vineyard,—and gather the increase thereof; but <in the seventh year—a sabbath of sacred rest> shall there be unto the land, a sabbath unto Yahweh: <thy field> shalt thou not sow, and <thy vineyard> shalt thou not prune; <that which groweth of itself of thy harvest> shalt thou not reap; and <the grapes of thine unpruned vines> shalt thou not cut off; <a year of sacred rest> shall there be to the land.

Expanded/Embellished Bibles:

The Amplified Bible                .

The Expanded Bible              .

Kretzmann’s Commentary    

Lexham English Bible            Six years you [Singular throughout this verse] shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and you shall gather its yield. But [Or “And”] in the seventh year it shall be a Sabbath of complete rest [Literally “a Sabbath of ‘Sabbathation.’ ” “Sabbathation” is not a real word, but it is devised as an attempt to convey the sounds of the related nouns in the Hebrew phrase] for the land—a Sabbath for Yahweh; you [Singular throughout this verse] must not sow your field, and you must not prune your vineyard. You [Singular throughout this verse] must not reap your harvest’s aftergrowth, and you must not harvest the grapes of your unpruned vines—it shall be a year of complete rest [Literally “a year of a rest period”] for the land.

Syndein/Thieme                     .

The Voice                               .

Bible Translations with Many Footnotes:

The Complete Tanach           .

The Geneva Bible                  .

Kaplan Translation                 For six years you may plant your fields, prune your vineyards, and harvest your crops,

but the seventh year is a sabbath of sabbaths for the land. It is God's sabbath during which you may not plant your fields, nor prune your vineyards.

Do not harvest crops that grow on their own and do not gather the grapes on your unpruned vines, since it is a year of rest for the land.

but the seventh year...

See Exodus 23:10,11.

Do not harvest...

(see Yad, Shemitah 4:1,2).

unpruned vines

(Ramban). Nazir in Hebrew. Or, 'vines kept from others' (Rashi), 'best vines' (Saadia), 'vines with which you have not worked' (Radak, Sherashim), or 'vines you have left alone' (Ibn Janach).

NET Bible®                             .

New American Bible (2011)   .

New Catholic Bible                 .

Rotherham’s Emphasized B. .

Literal, almost word-for-word, renderings:

A Faithful Version                  .

C. Thomson Updated OT       .

Charles Thomson OT            Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather the fruit thereof. But in the seventh year there shall be sabbaths; there shall be a rest for the land; sabbaths for the Lord. Thou shalt neither sow thy field nor prune thy vineyard, nor reap the spontaneous productions of thy field, nor gather the grapes of thy dedication. It shall be a year of rest for the land.

Context Group Version          Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in the fruits; but in the seventh year shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to YHWH: you shall neither sow your field, nor prune your vineyard. That which grows of itself of your harvest you shall not reap, and the grapes of your undressed vine you shall not gather: it shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.

English Standard Version      .

Green’s Literal Translation    . unkept

Legacy Standard Bible           .

Literal Standard Version        [For] six years you sow your field, and [for] six years you prune your vineyard, and have gathered its increase, and in the seventh year is a Sabbath of rest for the land, a Sabbath to YHWH; you do not sow your field, and you do not prune your vineyard; you do not reap the spontaneous growth of your harvest, and you do not gather the grapes of your separated thing; it is a year of rest for the land.

Modern English Version         .

Modern Literal Version 2020  Six years you will sow your field and six years you will prune your vineyard and gather in the fruits of it, but in the seventh year will be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to Jehovah. You will neither sow your field, nor prune your vineyard. What grows of itself of your harvest you will not reap and the grapes of your undressed vine you will not gather. It will be a year of solemn rest for the land.

New American Standard B.    .

New European Version          .

New King James Version       .

Niobi Study Bible                   .

Owen's Translation                .

Revised Mechanical Trans.    Six years you will sow your field, and six years you will pluck your vineyard and you will gather her production, and in the seventh year a ceasing rest period will exist for the land, a ceasing for YHWH, you will not sow your field, and you will not pluck your vineyard. You will not sever the after growth of your harvest, you will not fence in the grapes of your dedicated place, a year of a rest period will exist for the land,...

Updated Bible Version 2.17   .

A Voice in the Wilderness      Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather its produce; but in the seventh year there shall be a rest of Sabbath observance for the land, a sabbath unto Jehovah. You shall neither sow your field nor prune your vineyard. What grows of its own accord of your harvest you shall not reap, nor gather the grapes of your untended vine, for it is a year of rest for the land.

Webster’s Bible Translation  .

World English Bible                .

Young's Literal Translation     .

Young’s Updated LT             .

The gist of this passage: 

3-5

Translation: You will sow your fields [for] six years...

Sabbath years will be very similar to Sabbath days. The fields will be sown for six years.

Translation: ...and you will cultivate your vineyard [for] six years and collect its produce [over that period of time].

The vines will be cultivated over a period of six years.

During this time, all of the produce will be harvested.

Leviticus 25:3 You will sow your fields [for] six years and you will cultivate your vineyard [for] six years and collect its produce [over that period of time]. (Kukis mostly literal translation)

Sow and prune are both in the imperfect tense, indicating continual work is to be done on these properties. Some people raised grain, others grapes.

Translation: The seventh year will be a [year of] rest, a Sabbath-rest for the land,...

There will be a rest or a Sabbath for the seventh year. The land will be given a rest.

Translation: ...a rest regarding Y^ehowah.

This rest is related to Y^ehowah, their God.

Leviticus 25:4a-b The seventh year will be a [year of] rest, a Sabbath-rest for the land, a rest regarding Y^ehowah. (Kukis mostly literal translation)

Here is an idea which unfortunately never caught on in many places. One thing which interested me in the California school system is that at one time they had what was known as a Sabbatical where a teacher could take a break from teaching, go out into the world and learn and be paid a partial salary. This was a command to all the Jews from Y^ehowah. They were to rest for one full year and allow Y^ehowah to provide for them.

For the Jews, the Sabbath year meant a number of things: A one year rest from their lives of labor (Leviticus). A rest for the land (Leviticus 25:5). The spontaneous produce of the fields was for everyone, but particularly for the poor (Exodus 23:11 Leviticus 25:6). This was a time for the debtor to be released from his creditor (Deuteronomy 15:1–2). We have a similar practice today; credit reports carry information of bad debts on them for approximately seven years, then those are removed. During the Feast of Tabernacles during this year, the Law was to be read publicly to the people (Deuteronomy 31:10–12).

As a point of agriculture, certain types of bushes, trees and vines do better when old growth has been removed. Growth which has become damaged or old or diseased should always be removed (in fact, I still remember a landscape architect friend of mine who gave me the general rule for pruning trees—if it is diseased, dying, crossing or damaged, you prune it). On certain types of trees (such as the Crape Myrtle), pruning improves the way it looks and stimulates greater growth. So it is with grape bushes. Also, the branches of the Jews, which were not bearing fruit, were pruned so that the branches of the church age believers could be grafted in—and because of that, we have seen amazing growth spurts (Romans11:17–24). This will help us somewhat with the meaning of the Year of Jubilee, the topic we will begin in v. 8.

So what does this Sabbath year mean, besides rest and total dependence upon God for His provision? The land is Israel. The land will stop producing as it is supposed to after a certain time. Sowing, reaping and harvesting are often related to the teaching of the gospel and man's response to it (see the parable of the sower). God will stop planting and harvesting in the land of Israel at the beginning of the Church Age—not forever, but He will let the land rest. The vineyard means the same thing.

Translation: You will not sow your field, you will not cultivate your orchard,...

In this seventh year, the field is not to be sown and the orchard is not to be cultivated.

Translation: ...you will not harvest [any] volunteer plants...

Even if volunteer plants come up, they are not to be harvested.

Translation: ...or cut off grapes of your unintended vine.

Even if vines had grapes, the vineyard owner is not to cut off these bunches of grapes.

I should probably say a little bit about Strong's #5139 BDB #634, which is the word generally rendered Nazirite.

Leviticus 25:4c–5b You will not sow your field, you will not cultivate your orchard, you will not harvest [any] volunteer plants or cut off grapes of your unintended vine. (Kukis mostly literal translation)

What grows of itself is one word meaning growth from spilled kernels. When corn is harvested, some of the kernels fall and become seeds and then sprout the next year, apart from any encouragement or re-seeding. What it amounts to is that this crop is growing of itself and by itself. Even if grape vines are not trimmed back, or pruned, still grapes will occur on the vines, although not as many as would be case with pruning first taking place. However, this is not a year of reduced activity where they Israelites don't have to work quite as hard as before; they are not working whatsoever when it comes to harvesting. From v. 7, it appears as though they could go out into the fields and take what they needed for their own personal use, but they were apparently not to harvest as they did during the other six years. The Jews were to live from the land as God provided for them, not as they worked the land.

Translation: [There] will be a Sabbath-rest for the land. (Kukis mostly literal translation)

The seventh year would be a year of rest for the land.

Leviticus 25:5c [There] will be a Sabbath-rest for the land. (Kukis mostly literal translation)

Leviticus 25:3–5 You will sow your fields [for] six years and you will cultivate your vineyard [for] six years and collect its produce [over that period of time]. The seventh year will be a [year of] rest, a Sabbath-rest for the land, a rest regarding Y^ehowah. You will not sow your field, you will not cultivate your orchard, you will not harvest [any] volunteer plants or cut off grapes of your unintended vine. [There] will be a Sabbath-rest for the land. (Kukis mostly literal translation)

Leviticus 25:3–5 This is all about the Sabbath year. For six years, the cultivate your fields and your vineyard and you collect their produce over that period of time. However, the seventh year will be a year of rest for the land, a Sabbath-rest with regards to Jehovah. Even if there are volunteer plants and grapes which grow, you will not harvest either. This Sabbath-rest is for the land. (Kukis paraphrase)

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Here is how others have translated this passage:

Ancient texts:

Masoretic Text (Hebrew)        And was a Sabbath of the land to you (all) for food, to you and to your male slave and to your maid and to your hireling and to your immigrant, the ones dwelling with you; and to your livestock and to the living thing which [is] in your land; was all her produce to eat.

Dead Sea Scrolls                   .

Jerusalem targum                  .

Targum (Onkelos)                  .

Targum (Pseudo-Jonathan)   .

Aramaic Targum                    .

The Psalms Targum              .

Updated Douay-Rheims         .

Douay-Rheims 1899 (Amer.) But they shall be unto you for meat, to thee and to thy manservant, to thy maidservant and thy hireling, and to the strangers that sojourn with thee.

All things that grow shall be meat to thy beasts and to thy cattle.

Aramaic ESV of Peshitta        The Sabbath of the land shall be for food for you; for yourself, for your servant, for your maid, for your hired servant, and for your stranger, who lives as a foreigner with you.

For your livestock also, and for the animals that are in your land, shall all its increase be for food.

Original Aramaic Psalms        .

V. Alexander’s Aramaic T.     .

Plain English Aramaic Bible   .

Lamsa’s Peshitta (Syriac)     .

Samaritan Pentateuch           .

Updated Brenton (Greek)       And the Sabbaths of the land shall be food for you, and for your man servant, and for your maid servant, and your hireling, and the stranger that abides with you.

And for your cattle, and for the wild beats that are in your land, shall every fruit of it be for food.

Significant differences: 

Limited Vocabulary Translations:

Bible in Basic English             And the Sabbath of the land will give food for you and your man-servant and your woman-servant and those working for payment, and for those of another country who are living among you; And for your cattle and the beasts on the land; all the natural increase of the land will be for food.

Easy English                          .

Easy-to-Read Version–2008  "The land will have a year of rest, but you will still have enough food. There will be enough food for your men and women servants. There will be food for your hired workers and for the foreigners living in your country. And there will be enough food for your cattle and other animals to eat.

God’s Word™                         Whatever the land produces during that year is for all of you to eat-for you, your male and female slaves, your hired workers, foreigners among you, your animals, and the wild animals in your land. Everything the land produces will be yours to eat.

Good News Bible (TEV)         Although the land has not been cultivated during that year, it will provide food for you, your slaves, your hired men, the foreigners living with you, your domestic animals, and the wild animals in your fields. Everything that it produces may be eaten.

The Message                         .

Names of God Bible               .

NIRV                                      .

New Simplified Bible              .

Thought-for-thought translations; dynamic translations; paraphrases:

Casual English Bible             .

Contemporary English V.       However, you and your slaves and your hired workers, as well as any domestic or wild animals, may eat whatever grows on its own.

The Living Bible                     .

New Berkeley Version           .

New Life Version                    .

New Living Translation           .

The Passion Translation        .

Unfolding Bible Simplified      But you are permitted to eat whatever crops have grown by themselves during that year. You and your male and female servants, and workers whom you have hired, and any foreigners who are living among you—you may all eat those things. And your livestock and the wild animals in your land are permitted to eat them during that year as well.

Partially literal and partially paraphrased translations:

American English Bible          .

Beck’s American Translation .

Common English Bible           .

New Advent (Knox) Bible       .

Translation for Translators     .

Mostly literal renderings (with some occasional paraphrasing):

Berean Study Bible                Whatever the land yields during the Sabbath year shall be food for you—for yourself, your manservant and maidservant, the hired hand or foreigner who stays with you, and for your livestock and the wild animals in your land. All of its growth may serve as food.

Christian Standard Bible        .

Conservapedia Translation    .

Revised Ferrar-Fenton Bible  .

God’s Truth (Tyndale)           .

The Heritage Bible                          The Sabbath of the land shall be food for you; for you, and for your servant, and for your maid, and for those hired by you for wages, and for your foreigner who lodges with you,

For your animals, and for the living things in your land; all its increase shall be food.

International Standard V        You may take the Sabbath produce [The Heb. lacks produce] of the land for your food—you, your male and maid servants, your hired laborers, and the resident alien with you. The cattle and the wild animals in your land—everything it produces—are for your food.

H. C. Leupold                         .

Lexham English Bible            .

NIV, ©2011                             .

Unfolding Bible Literal Text    Whatever the unworked land grows during the Sabbath year will be food for you. You, your male and female servants, your hired servants and the foreigners who live with you may gather food, and your livestock and also wild animals may eat whatever the land produces.

Urim-Thummim Version         And the Sabbath of the land will provide food for yourself and for your slave and your female slave, and the hired laborer and the foreigner that resides with you, and for your cattle, and all the living things that are in your land, this is all your increase for food.

Wikipedia Bible Project          And the sabbath of the earth is for you, to eat. For you and for your slave and for your female slave, and for your hired hand, and for the settlers that stay with you.

And for your beasts, and for the animal which is in your land, all its bounty will be, for eating.

Catholic Bibles (those having the imprimatur):

Christian Community (1988)           This shall be a year of rest for the land, but whatever it produces of it - self will provide food for you, for your male and female slaves, for your hired servant and for the stranger who lives with you.