King James Version
Leviticus 25:14 in the King James Version says “And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:”
Leviticus 25:14 · KJV
For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.
In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.
And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
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:
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“And if thou sell”
H4376to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
“ought of thy neighbour's”
H5997companionship; hence (concretely) a comrade or kindred man
“or buyest”
H7069to erect, i.e., create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
“hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“ought of thy neighbour's”
H5997companionship; hence (concretely) a comrade or kindred man
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“ye shall not oppress”
H3238to rage or be violent; by implication, to suppress, to maltreat
“one”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“another”
H251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
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