And Nehemiah, the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to Jehovah your God. Do not mourn or weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the Law.
James 4:9 - Modern King James Version Be afflicted, and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to heaviness. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [As you draw near to God] be deeply penitent and grieve, even weep [over your disloyalty]. Let your laughter be turned to grief and your mirth to dejection and heartfelt shame [for your sins]. American Standard Version (1901) Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Common English Bible Cry out in sorrow, mourn, and weep! Let your laughter become mourning and your joy become sadness. Catholic Public Domain Version Be afflicted: mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your gladness into sorrow. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into sorrow. |
And Nehemiah, the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to Jehovah your God. Do not mourn or weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the Law.
And my lyre has turned to mourning, and my flute to the sound of weeping.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, so that I might learn Your Precepts.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of that joy is heaviness.
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them and make them rejoice from their affliction.
They shall come with weeping, and with prayers I will lead them. I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way; they shall not stumble in it, for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is My firstborn.
so that you may remember and be ashamed; and it will not be possible to open your mouth any more because of your shame; in that I am propitiated for all that you have done, says the Lord Jehovah.
But if their fugitives shall escape, then they shall be like doves of the valleys on the mountains, all of them mourning, each one for his iniquity.
They said to Him, Bad men! He will miserably destroy them and will rent out his vineyard to other vinedressers who will give him the fruits in their seasons.
But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is comforted and you are tormented.
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.
Woe to you who are full! For you shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now! For you shall mourn and weep.