Leviticus 16:31
Modern Translations
New International Version
It is a day of sabbath rest, and you must deny yourselves; it is a lasting ordinance.

New Living Translation
It will be a Sabbath day of complete rest for you, and you must deny yourselves. This is a permanent law for you.

English Standard Version
It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict yourselves; it is a statute forever.

Berean Study Bible
It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, that you may humble yourselves; it is a permanent statute.

New American Standard Bible
It is to be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, so that you may humble yourselves; it is a permanent statute.

NASB 1995
"It is to be a sabbath of solemn rest for you, that you may humble your souls; it is a permanent statute.

NASB 1977
“It is to be a sabbath of solemn rest for you, that you may humble your souls; it is a permanent statute.

Amplified Bible
It is a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall humble yourselves; it is a permanent statute.

Christian Standard Bible
It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must practice self-denial; it is a permanent statute.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must practice self-denial; it is a permanent statute.

Contemporary English Version
and from now on, it must be celebrated each year. Go without eating and make this a day of complete rest just like the Sabbath.

Good News Translation
That day is to be a very holy day, one on which they fast and do no work at all. These regulations are to be observed for all time to come.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
This is the most important worship festival there is for you. You will humble yourselves. It is a permanent law.

International Standard Version
It's the Sabbath of all Sabbaths for you, so humble yourselves. This is to be a perpetual statute.

NET Bible
It is to be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves. It is a perpetual statute.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.

New King James Version
It is a sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall afflict your souls. It is a statute forever.

King James 2000 Bible
It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and you shall humble yourselves, by a statute forever.

New Heart English Bible
It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls; it is a statute forever.

World English Bible
It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls; it is a statute forever.

American King James Version
It shall be a sabbath of rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.

American Standard Version
It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute for ever.

A Faithful Version
It shall be a Sabbath of rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls, by a statute forever.

Darby Bible Translation
A sabbath of rest shall it be unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls: [it is] an everlasting statute.

English Revised Version
It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute for ever.

Webster's Bible Translation
It shall be a sabbath of rest to you, and ye shall afflict your souls by a statute for ever.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
This shall be a Sabbath of rest vnto you, and ye shal humble your soules, by an ordinance for euer.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Let it be a Sabbath of rest vnto you, and ye shall humble your soules by an ordinaunce for euer.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
therfore shall it be a fre Sabbath vnto you, and ye shal humble youre soules. Let this be a perpetuall lawe.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
It shalbe a sabbath of rest vnto you and ye shall humble youre soules and it shalbe an ordynaunce for euer.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
it [is] a Sabbath of rest for you, and you have humbled yourselves—a continuous statute.

Young's Literal Translation
it is to you a sabbath of rest, and ye have humbled yourselves -- a statute age-during.

Smith's Literal Translation
And this is a Sabbath of Sabbath to you, and ye humbled your souls, a law forever.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For it is a sabbath of rest, and you shall afflict your souls by a perpetual religion.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For it is a Sabbath of rest, and you shall afflict your souls as a perpetual observance.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
A rest and tranquility are yours, and humble your souls: the Written Law to eternity.

Lamsa Bible
It shall be a sabbath and a rest to you, and you shall humble yourselves; it is a statute for ever.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute for ever.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
This shall be to you a most holy sabbath, a rest, and ye shall humble your souls; it is a perpetual ordinance.
















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