| NETBible | ‘Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, will come to you soon. He will say to you, “Buy my field at Anathoth because you are entitled 1 as my closest relative to buy it.”’ 2 |
| NIV © |
Hanamel son of Shallum your uncle is going to come to you and say, ‘Buy my field at Anathoth, because as nearest relative it is your right and duty to buy it.’ |
| NASB © |
‘Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle is coming to you, saying, "Buy for yourself my field which is at Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it."’ |
| NLT © |
"Your cousin Hanamel son of Shallum will come and say to you, ‘Buy my field at Anathoth. By law you have the right to buy it before it is offered to anyone else.’" |
| MSG © |
Prepare yourself! Hanamel, your uncle Shallum's son, is on his way to see you. He is going to say, 'Buy my field in Anathoth. You have the legal right to buy it.' |
| BBE © |
See, Hanamel, the son of Shallum, your father’s brother, will come to you and say, Give the price and get for yourself my property in Anathoth: for you have the right of the nearest relation. |
| NRSV © |
Hanamel son of your uncle Shallum is going to come to you and say, "Buy my field that is at Anathoth, for the right of redemption by purchase is yours." |
| NKJV © |
‘Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you, saying, "Buy my field which is in Anathoth, for the right of redemption is yours to buy it ."’ |
| KJV | Behold, Hanameel <02601> the son <01121> of Shallum <07967> thine uncle <01730> shall come <0935> (8802) unto thee, saying <0559> (8800)_, Buy <07069> (8798) thee my field <07704> that [is] in Anathoth <06068>_: for the right <04941> of redemption <01353> [is] thine to buy <07069> (8800) [it]. |
| NASB © |
'Behold <2009> , Hanamel <2601> the son <1121> of Shallum <7967> your uncle <1730> is coming <935> to you, saying <559> , "Buy <7069> for yourself my field <7704> which <834> is at Anathoth <6068> , for you have the right <4941> of redemption <1353> to buy <7069> it. "' |
| LXXM | (39:7) idou <2400> INJ anamehl {N-PRI} uiov <5207> N-NSM salwm {N-PRI} adelfou <80> N-GSM patrov <3962> N-GSM sou <4771> P-GS ercetai <2064> V-PMI-3S prov <4314> PREP se <4771> P-AS legwn <3004> V-PAPNS kthsai <2932> V-AMD-2S seautw <4572> D-DSM ton <3588> T-ASM agron <68> N-ASM mou <1473> P-GS ton <3588> T-ASM en <1722> PREP anaywy {N-PRI} oti <3754> CONJ soi <4771> P-DS krima <2917> N-ASN paralabein <3880> V-AAN eiv kthsin {N-ASF}<1519> PREP |
| NET [draft] ITL | ‘Hanamel <02601> , the son <01121> of your uncle <01730> Shallum <07967> , will come <0935> to <0413> you soon. He will say <0559> to you, “Buy <07069> my field <07704> at Anathoth <06068> because <03588> you are entitled <04941> as my closest relative <01353> to buy it.”’<07069> |
| HEBREW | twnql <07069> hlagh <01353> jpsm <04941> Kl <0> yk <03588> twtneb <06068> rsa <0834> ydv <07704> ta <0853> Kl <0> hnq <07069> rmal <0559> Kyla <0413> ab <0935> Kdd <01730> Mls <07967> Nb <01121> lamnx <02601> hnh (32:7) <02009> |
| NETBible | ‘Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, will come to you soon. He will say to you, “Buy my field at Anathoth because you are entitled 1 as my closest relative to buy it.”’ 2 |
| NET Notes |
1 tn Heb “your right.” The term מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat) here and in v. 8 refers to legal entitlement for the option to purchase a property (BDB 1049 s.v. מִשְׁפָּט 5; cf. Deut 21:17). 2 sn Underlying this request are the laws of redemption of property spelled out in Lev 25:25-34 and illustrated in Ruth 4:3-4. Under these laws, if a property owner became impoverished and had to sell his land, the nearest male relative had the right and duty to buy it so that it would not pass out of the use of the extended family. The land, however, would not actually belong to Jeremiah because in the year of Jubilee it reverted to its original owner. All Jeremiah was actually buying was the right to use it (Lev 25:13-17). Buying the field, thus, did not make any sense (thus Jeremiah’s complaint in v. 25) other than the fact that the |