Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, New Living Translation But when you fast, comb your hair and wash your face. English Standard Version But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, Berean Standard Bible But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, Berean Literal Bible But you fasting, anoint your head and wash your face, King James Bible But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; New King James Version But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, New American Standard Bible But as for you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, NASB 1995 “But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face NASB 1977 “But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face Legacy Standard Bible But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face Amplified Bible But when you fast, put oil on your head [as you normally would to groom your hair] and wash your face Christian Standard Bible But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, Holman Christian Standard Bible But when you fast, put oil on your head, and wash your face, American Standard Version But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face; Aramaic Bible in Plain English But you whenever you fast, wash your face and anoint your head. Contemporary English Version Instead, comb your hair and wash your face. Douay-Rheims Bible But thou, when thou fastest anoint thy head, and wash thy face; English Revised Version But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face; GOD'S WORD® Translation When you fast, wash your face and comb your hair. Good News Translation When you go without food, wash your face and comb your hair, International Standard Version But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, Literal Standard Version But you, fasting, anoint your head, and wash your face, Majority Standard Bible But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, New American Bible But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, NET Bible When you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, New Revised Standard Version But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, New Heart English Bible But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face; Webster's Bible Translation But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face; Weymouth New Testament But, whenever you fast, pour perfume on your hair and wash your face, World English Bible But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, Young's Literal Translation 'But thou, fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face, Additional Translations ... Context Proper Fasting16When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. 17But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, 18so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, but only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.… Cross References Ruth 3:3 Therefore wash yourself, put on perfume, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking. 2 Samuel 12:20 Then David got up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they set food before him, and he ate. Treasury of Scripture But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face; anoint. Ruth 3:3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking. 2 Samuel 14:2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead: Ecclesiastes 9:8 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. Jump to Previous Anoint Clean Face Fast Fasting Food Hair Head Oil Perfume Pour Thou Wash WheneverJump to Next Anoint Clean Face Fast Fasting Food Hair Head Oil Perfume Pour Thou Wash WheneverMatthew 6 1. Giving to the Needy5. The Lord's Prayer 16. Proper Fasting 19. Store up Treasures in Heaven 25. Do Not Worry 33. but seek God's kingdom. (17) Anoint thine head, and wash thy face.--Both these acts were rigidly prohibited by the traditions of the Elders on the Day of Atonement, and by implication on other fast days also. They were the outward signs of joy (Ecclesiastes 9:8), and were therefore looked on as unsuitable for a time of mourning. The disciples of Christ were to hide their contrition and self-discipline, and even when the heart knew its own bitterness were to be blithe and cheerful, opening their griefs only to their Father in heaven. Openly.--Here again the artificial antithesis is to be rejected as an interpolation. Verse 17. - But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face. If both these were, among the Jews, done daily, Christ's command would mean - make no external sign of fasting; dress and appear as usual. But as anointing, at least, cannot be proved to have been a daily habit (though expressly forbidden during the stricter kinds of fasts, see Schurer, II. 2:212), especially with the mixed classes whom our Lord was addressing, and as it was with the ancients rather a symbol of special joy, it is safer to take it in this sense here. Thus our Lord will mean - so far from appearing sad, let your appearance be that of special joy and gladness. "By the symbols of joy and gladness he bade us be joyful and glad when we fast" (Photius, in Suicer, 1:186).Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Butδὲ (de) Conjunction Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. [when] you σὺ (sy) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. fast, νηστεύων (nēsteuōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3522: To fast, abstain from food. From nestis; to abstain from food. anoint ἄλειψαί (aleipsai) Verb - Aorist Imperative Middle - 2nd Person Singular Strong's 218: To anoint: festivally, in homage, medicinally, or in anointing the dead. To oil. your σου (sou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. head κεφαλὴν (kephalēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 2776: From the primary kapto; the head, literally or figuratively. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. wash νίψαι (nipsai) Verb - Aorist Imperative Middle - 2nd Person Singular Strong's 3538: To wash; mid. I wash my own (hands, etc.). To cleanse; ceremonially, to perform ablution. your σου (sou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. face, πρόσωπόν (prosōpon) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 4383: From pros and ops; the front, i.e. The countenance, aspect, appearance, surface; by implication, presence, person. Links Matthew 6:17 NIVMatthew 6:17 NLT Matthew 6:17 ESV Matthew 6:17 NASB Matthew 6:17 KJV Matthew 6:17 BibleApps.com Matthew 6:17 Biblia Paralela Matthew 6:17 Chinese Bible Matthew 6:17 French Bible Matthew 6:17 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: Matthew 6:17 But you when you fast anoint your (Matt. Mat Mt) |
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