Nehemiah 8:11 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹¹ So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ So the Levites quieted all the people, saying, Be still, for the day is holy. And do not be grieved and sad.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.

Common English Bible

¹¹ The Levites also calmed all of the people, saying, “Be quiet, for this day is holy. Don’t be sad!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ Then the Levites caused the people to be silent, saying: "Be quiet. For the day is holy. And do not be sorrowful."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ And the Levites stilled all the people, saying: Hold your peace, for the day is holy, and be not sorrowful.

Nehemiah 8:11 Cross References

Nehemiah 8:10

Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto him for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye grieved; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

Nehemiah 8:12

And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.

Numbers 13:30

And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.