Ezekiel 46:17 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁷ But if the ruler gives a gift from part of his land to one of his slaves, the gift will belong to the slave only until the year of freedom. {\cf2\super [460]} Then the gift will go back to the ruler. Only the ruler’s sons will keep a gift of land from the ruler.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons' for them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ But if he gives a gift out of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his until the year of liberty [the Year of Jubilee]; after that it shall be returned to the prince; only his sons may keep a gift from his inheritance [permanently].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ But if he give of his inheritance a gift to one of his servants, it shall be his to the year of liberty; then it shall return to the prince; but as for his inheritance, it shall be for his sons.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ And if he gives one of his servants a gift from his inheritance, it will belong to the servant only until the year of release, and then it will revert to the prince. It is his children’s inheritance; it belongs to them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ But if he grants a legacy from his inheritance to one of his servants, it shall be his only until the year of remission, and then it shall be returned to the prince. For his inheritance shall go to his sons.

Ezekiel 46:17 Tagairtí Cros

Ezekiel 46:18

And the ruler will not take any of the people’s land or force them to leave their land. He must give some of his own land to his sons. In that way, my people will not be forced to lose their land.”

Leviticus 25:10

You will make the 50th year a special year. You will announce freedom for all the people living in your country. This time will be called ‘Jubilee.’ [424] Each of you will go back to his own property. [425] And each of you will go back to his family.