I proclaimed a fast by the River Ahava, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us, our dependents, and all our possessions.
Leviticus 16:31 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must practise self-denial; it is a permanent statute. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition It is a sabbath of [solemn] rest to you, and you shall afflict yourselves [by fasting with penitence and humiliation]; it is a statute forever. American Standard Version (1901) It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute for ever. Common English Bible It will be a Sabbath of special rest for you, and you will deny yourselves. This is a permanent rule. Catholic Public Domain Version For it is a Sabbath of rest, and you shall afflict your souls as a perpetual observance. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For it is a sabbath of rest: and you shall afflict your souls by a perpetual religion. |
I proclaimed a fast by the River Ahava, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us, our dependents, and all our possessions.
Work may be done for six days, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord. Anyone who does work on the Sabbath day must be put to death.
For six days work is to be done, but on the seventh day you are to have a holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the Lord. Anyone who does work on it must be executed.
‘Why have we fasted, but you have not seen? We have denied ourselves, but you haven’t noticed! ’ ‘Look, you do as you please on the day of your fast, and oppress all your workers.
Will the fast I choose be like this: A day for a person to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the Lord?
‘Don’t be afraid, Daniel,’ he said to me, ‘for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your prayers were heard. I have come because of your prayers.
It will be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must practise self-denial. You are to observe your Sabbath from the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening.’
But there will be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land in the seventh year, a Sabbath to the Lord: you are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard.