Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Be joyful at your festival—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns. New Living Translation This festival will be a happy time of celebrating with your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows from your towns. English Standard Version You shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your towns. Berean Standard Bible And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you. King James Bible And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates. New King James Version And you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant and the Levite, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow, who are within your gates. New American Standard Bible and you shall rejoice in your feast, you, your son and your daughter, and your male and female slaves, and the Levite, the stranger, the orphan, and the widow who are in your towns. NASB 1995 and you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female servants and the Levite and the stranger and the orphan and the widow who are in your towns. NASB 1977 and you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female servants and the Levite and the stranger and the orphan and the widow who are in your towns. Legacy Standard Bible and you shall be glad in your feast, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female slaves and the Levite and the sojourner and the orphan and the widow who are within your gates. Amplified Bible You shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female servants and the Levite and the stranger and the orphan and the widow who are within your city. Christian Standard Bible Rejoice during your festival—you, your son and daughter, your male and female slave, as well as the Levite, the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow within your city gates. Holman Christian Standard Bible Rejoice during your festival—you, your son and daughter, your male and female slave, as well as the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates. American Standard Version and thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates. English Revised Version and thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates. GOD'S WORD® Translation Enjoy yourselves at the festival along with your sons, daughters, male and female slaves, the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your cities. Good News Translation Enjoy it with your children, your servants, and the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your towns. International Standard Version Rejoice in your festival—you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the descendants of Levi, foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your cities. Majority Standard Bible And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you. NET Bible You are to rejoice in your festival, you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows who are in your villages. New Heart English Bible and you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite, and the foreigner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates. Webster's Bible Translation And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates: World English Bible You shall rejoice in your feast, you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand you have rejoiced in your celebration, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your handmaid, and the Levite, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who [are] within your gates. Young's Literal Translation and thou hast rejoiced in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and the Levite, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within thy gates. Smith's Literal Translation And rejoice in thy festival, thou and thy son and thy daughter, and thy servant, and thy maid, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow, which are in thy gates: Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd thou shalt make merry in thy festival time, thou, thy son, and thy daughter, thy manservant, and thy maidservant, the Levite also and the stranger, and the fatherless and the widow that are within thy gates. Catholic Public Domain Version And you shall feast at the time of your festival: you, your son and daughter, your man servant and woman servant, likewise the Levite and the new arrival, the orphan and the widow, who are within your gates. New American Bible You shall rejoice at your feast, together with your son and daughter, your male and female slave, and also the Levite, the resident alien, the orphan and the widow within your gates. New Revised Standard Version Rejoice during your festival, you and your sons and your daughters, your male and female slaves, as well as the Levites, the strangers, the orphans, and the widows resident in your towns. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter and your manservant and your maidservant and the Levite, the sojourner, the orphan, and the widow who is within your towns. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And rejoice in your feast, you and your son, and your daughter, and your Servant, and your Maid, and the Levite, and the orphan, and the widow, and the settler who is in your city. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates. Brenton Septuagint Translation And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow that is in thy cities. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Feast of Tabernacles13You are to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress. 14And you shall rejoice in your feast— you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you. 15For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.… Cross References Leviticus 23:40 On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days. Nehemiah 8:10 Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:12 Then all the people began to eat and drink, to send out portions, and to rejoice greatly, because they understood the words that had been made known to them. Nehemiah 8:17 The whole assembly that had returned from exile made booths and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated like this. And there was great rejoicing. 2 Chronicles 30:21 The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy, and the Levites and priests praised the LORD day after day, accompanied by loud instruments of praise to the LORD. 2 Chronicles 30:23 The whole assembly agreed to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy. 2 Chronicles 35:18 No such Passover had been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel ever observed a Passover like the one that Josiah observed with the priests, the Levites, all Judah, the Israelites who were present, and the people of Jerusalem. Isaiah 25:6 On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a lavish banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine. Isaiah 35:10 So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee. Isaiah 65:18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight. Joel 2:23 Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before. Zechariah 8:19 “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.” Luke 2:10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people: John 15:11 I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete. John 16:24 Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete. Treasury of Scripture And you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within your gates. Deuteronomy 12:12 And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you. Deuteronomy 26:11 And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you. Nehemiah 8:9-12 And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law… Jump to Previous Aliens Child Country Daughter Daughters Joy Joyful Levite Maidservant Maid-Servant Maidservants Male Manservant Man-Servant Menservants Orphan Rejoice Servant Servants Sojourner Strange Stranger Towns Widow Widows Within Woman-ServantJump to Next Aliens Child Country Daughter Daughters Joy Joyful Levite Maidservant Maid-Servant Maidservants Male Manservant Man-Servant Menservants Orphan Rejoice Servant Servants Sojourner Strange Stranger Towns Widow Widows Within Woman-ServantDeuteronomy 16 1. The feast of the Passover9. of weeks 13. of tabernacles 16. Every male must offer, as he is able, at these three feasts 18. Of judges and justice 21. Asherah poles and images are forbidden And you shall rejoice The Hebrew word for "rejoice" is שָׂמַח (samach), which conveys a deep, heartfelt joy and gladness. This command to rejoice is not merely an emotional response but a deliberate act of worship and gratitude towards God. In the context of the Feast of Tabernacles, this joy is a reflection of God's provision and faithfulness. Historically, this feast was a time of celebrating the harvest, acknowledging God's blessings, and remembering the Israelites' journey through the wilderness. The command to rejoice underscores the importance of joy as an integral part of worship and community life. in your feast you, your son and daughter your male and female servants the Levite the foreigner the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates Hebrew And you shall rejoiceוְשָׂמַחְתָּ֖ (wə·śā·maḥ·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 8055: To brighten up, be, blithe, gleesome in your feast— בְּחַגֶּ֑ךָ (bə·ḥag·ge·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 2282: A festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast you, אַתָּ֨ה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you your sons וּבִנְךָ֤ (ū·ḇin·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 1121: A son and daughters, וּבִתֶּ֙ךָ֙ (ū·ḇit·te·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 1323: A daughter your menservants וְעַבְדְּךָ֣ (wə·‘aḇ·də·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 5650: Slave, servant and maidservants, וַאֲמָתֶ֔ךָ (wa·’ă·mā·ṯe·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 519: A maidservant, female slave and the Levite, וְהַלֵּוִ֗י (wə·hal·lê·wî) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi as well as the foreigner, וְהַגֵּ֛ר (wə·hag·gêr) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1616: A guest, a foreigner the fatherless, וְהַיָּת֥וֹם (wə·hay·yā·ṯō·wm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3490: A bereaved person and the widows וְהָאַלְמָנָ֖ה (wə·hā·’al·mā·nāh) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 490: A widow, a desolate place among you. בִּשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ׃ (biš·‘ā·re·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 8179: An opening, door, gate Links Deuteronomy 16:14 NIVDeuteronomy 16:14 NLT Deuteronomy 16:14 ESV Deuteronomy 16:14 NASB Deuteronomy 16:14 KJV Deuteronomy 16:14 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 16:14 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 16:14 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 16:14 French Bible Deuteronomy 16:14 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 16:14 And you shall rejoice in your feast (Deut. 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