Leviticus 16:31

Legacy Standard Bible

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

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
It is a Shabbat of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls; it is a statute forever.

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

Lexham English Bible
It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you shall deny yourselves—it is a lasting statute.

New Century Version
This is a very important day of rest for you, and you must deny yourselves. This law will continue forever.

New English Translation
It is to be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves. It is a perpetual statute.

Amplified Bible
"It is a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall 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.

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

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.

Complete Jewish Bible
It is a Shabbat of complete rest for you, and you are to deny yourselves. "This is a permanent regulation.

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

Easy-to-Read Version
You must humble yourselves because this day is a very important day of rest for you. This law will continue forever.

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

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

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.

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

Literal Translation
It is a sabbath of rest to you, and you shall humble yourself. It is a never ending statute.

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

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

Bible in Basic English
It is a special Sabbath for you, and you are to keep yourselves from pleasure; it is an order for ever.

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

JPS Old Testament (1917)
It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute for ever.

King James Version (1611)
It shall be a Sabbath of rest vnto you, and ye shall afflict your soules by a statute for euer.

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

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

Berean Standard Bible
It is a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, that you may humble your souls; it is a permanent statute.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
for it is sabat of restyng, and ye schulen turment youre soulis bi euerlastynge religioun.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

New Life Bible
It is to be a special Day of Rest for you, that you may be free from pride. It is a Law forever.

New Revised Standard
It is a sabbath of complete rest to you, and you shall deny yourselves; it is a statute forever.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A sabbath of sacred rest, it is unto you, Therefore shall ye humble your souls, A statute age-abiding.

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

Revised Standard Version
It is a sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict yourselves; it is a statute for ever.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"It is to be a sabbath of solemn rest for you, that you may humble your souls; it is a permanent statute.

Contextual Overview

²⁹"And this shall be a perpetual statute for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls and not do any work, whether the native or the sojourner who sojourns among you; ³⁰for it is on this day that atonement shall be made for you to cleanse you; you will be clean from all your sins before Yahweh. ³¹It is to be a sabbath of solemn rest for you, that you may humble your souls; it is a perpetual statute. ³²So the priest who is anointed and ordained to minister as a priest in his father's place shall make atonement: he shall thus put on the linen garments, the holy garments, ³³and make atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make atonement for the tent of meeting and for the altar. He shall also make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly. ³⁴Now you shall have this as a perpetual statute, to make atonement for the sons of Israel for all their sins once every year." And just as Yahweh had commanded Moses, so he did.

Bible Verse Review
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Leviticus 23:32, Leviticus 25:4, Exodus 31:15, Exodus 35:2

Reciprocal: Leviticus 23:27 - afflict Ezra 8:21 - afflict ourselves Psalms 35:13 - humbled Isaiah 58:3 - afflicted Daniel 10:12 - chasten Colossians 2:16 - or of the sabbath

Gill's Notes on the Bible

It [shall be] a sabbath of rest unto you,.... From all servile work, as before observed; typical of a cessation from the performance of sinful works, at least from a sinful course of life, and from a dependence on works of righteousness, when a man is brought to believe in Christ, and in the atonement which he has made, see Hebrews 4:3:

and ye shall afflict your souls by a statute for ever: as long as the ceremonial law, and its statutes and ordinances lasted, which were to be until the time of reformation; and till that time came, once a year, on the day of atonement, they were to keep a severe fast, here called an afflicting of their souls; and in this respect this day differed from the seventh day sabbath, which was rather a festival than a fast, and is what led some of the Heathen writers z into that this take, that the Jews fasted on the sabbath day. The time of Christ's sufferings, and of his being a sacrifice for the sins of his people, was a time of great affliction to his disciples; then it was the children of the bridegroom fasted, he being taken from them; and true humiliation for sin, and repentance of it, are occasioned and influenced by a view of a suffering Saviour, and atonement by him; and this may denote also, that such that believe in Christ, and in his atonement, must expect afflictions and troubles in this world.

z Martial. l. 4. Epigram. 4. Justin. e Trogo, l. 36. Suetonius in Vita Octav. Aug. c. 76.