Leviticus 16:31

New King James Version

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

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.

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.

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 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 "This shall be a statute forever for you: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether a native of your own country or a stranger who dwells among you. ³⁰ For on that day the priest shall make atonement for you, to cleanse you, that you may be clean from all your sins before the LORD. ³¹ It is a sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall afflict your souls. It is a statute forever. ³² And the priest, who is anointed and consecrated to minister as priest in his father's place, shall make atonement, and put on the linen clothes, the holy garments; ³³ then he shall make atonement for the Holy Sanctuary, [fn] and he shall make atonement for the tabernacle of meeting and for the altar, and he shall make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly. ³⁴ This shall be an everlasting statute for you, to make atonement for the children of Israel, for all their sins, once a year." And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.

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.