Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a straight way for ourselves, our children, and all our goods.
Leviticus 16:31 - Revised Standard Version It is a sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict yourselves; it is a statute for ever. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 from him a straight way for ourselves, our children, and all our goods.
Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord; whoever does any work on the sabbath day shall be put to death.
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy sabbath of solemn rest to the Lord; whoever does any work on it shall be put to death;
‘Why have we fasted, and thou seest it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and thou takest no knowledge of it?’ Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and oppress all your workers.
Is such the fast that I choose, a day for a man to humble himself? Is it to bow down his head like a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the Lord?
Then he said to me, “Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your mind to understand and humbled yourself before your God, your words have been heard, and I have come because of your words.
It shall be to you a sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict yourselves; on the ninth day of the month beginning at evening, from evening to evening shall you keep your sabbath.”
but in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath to the Lord; you shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard.