Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way, for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Leviticus 16:31 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute for ever. More versionsKing 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. |
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way, for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of solemn rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death.
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find your own pleasure, and exact all your labours.
Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel; for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and, to humble thyself before thy God, thy words were heard: and I am come for thy words' sake.
It shall be unto you a sabbath of solemn rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye keep your sabbath.
but in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath unto the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.