Ésaïe 56:2

Darby's French Translation

Bienheureux l'homme qui fait cela, et le fils de l'homme qui le tient ferme; qui garde le sabbat pour ne pas le profaner, et qui garde sa main de faire aucun mal.

Parallel Translations

La Bible David Martin (1744)
O que bienheureux est l'homme qui fera cela, et le fils de l'homme [qui] s'y tiendra, observant le Sabbat de peur de le profaner, et gardant ses mains de faire aucun mal.

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Heureux l'homme qui fait ces choses, et le fils des hommes qui s'y attache, gardant le sabbat pour ne pas le profaner, et gardant ses mains de faire aucun mal!

Louis Segond (1910)
Heureux l'homme qui fait cela, Et le fils de l'homme qui y demeure ferme, Gardant le sabbat, pour ne point le profaner, Et veillant sur sa main, pour ne commettre aucun mal!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Blessed: Psalms 1:1-3, Psalms 15:1-5, Psalms 106:3, Psalms 112:1, Psalms 119:1-5, Psalms 128:1, Luke 11:28, Luke 12:43, John 13:17, Revelation 22:14

layeth: Isaiah 56:4, Proverbs 4:13, Ecclesiastes 7:18

keepeth the: Isaiah 58:13, Exodus 31:13-16, Leviticus 19:30, Nehemiah 13:17, Jeremiah 17:21, Jeremiah 17:22, Ezekiel 20:12, Ezekiel 20:20

keepeth his: Psalms 34:14, Psalms 37:27, Psalms 119:101, Proverbs 4:27, Proverbs 14:16, Proverbs 16:6, Proverbs 16:17, Romans 12:9

Reciprocal: Genesis 2:3 - blessed Exodus 31:14 - keep Leviticus 23:3 - General Deuteronomy 29:9 - General Psalms 15:3 - doeth Isaiah 27:5 - let him Isaiah 33:15 - that walketh Isaiah 56:6 - every Mark 2:24 - that 2 Peter 1:10 - if

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Blessed is the man that doth this,.... That does justice, and keeps judgment; he hereby exercises a good conscience both towards God and men; he enjoys communion with God in his ways, worship, and ordinances, he attends unto, and has an evidence of his right to eternal happiness:

and the son of man that layeth hold on it; on the salvation of Christ, and his righteousness; which supposes a sense of the insufficiency of a man's own righteousness, a view of the excellency and suitableness of Christ's righteousness; and is expressive of a strong act of faith upon it, embracing and retaining it as a man's own:

that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it; by doing any servile work on it, and attending to all religious duties, private or public. This is put for the whole of instituted worship under the Gospel dispensation, and for any day or time in which the church of Christ meet together for religious worship:

and keepeth his hand from doing any evil; committing any sin against God, or doing injury to the persons or properties of men, including the whole of moral duty.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Blessed is the man - Hebrew, ‘The blessings of the man’ (see Psalms 1:1). The sense is, ‘happy is the man.’ The word here rendered ‘man’ (אנושׁ 'ĕnôsh) usually denotes a man in humble life or in a subordinate rank, in contradistinction from אישׁ 'ı̂ysh, a man in elevated rank. As the object of the prophet here is particularly to say, that the ‘stranger’ and the ‘eunuch’ would be admitted to these privileges, it is possible that he designedly used a word denoting one in bumble life. The particular blessing to which he refers is specified in Isaiah 56:7-8.

That doeth this - That is, this which the prophet soon specifies - keeping the Sabbath, and abstaining from evil.

And the son of man - Another form of expression denoting man.

That layeth hold on it - Hebrew, ‘Binds himself fast to it;’ or seizes upon it with strength. That is, he adheres firmly to the purpose, as a man seizes upon a thing with an intention not to let it go.

That keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it - Who sacredly observes the day of holy rest which God has appointed. The Sabbath was one of the special rites of the Jewish religion, and one of the most important of their institutions. Its observance entered essentially into the idea of their worship, and was designed to be the standing memorial or sign between God and the Jewish nation Exodus 31:13-17. At home, in their own nation, it kept up the constant sense of religion; abroad, when they traveled among strangers, it would serve to remind all of the special nature of their institutions, and be the public evidence that they were the worshippers of Yahweh. Hence, as this served to distinguish them from other people, it comes to be used here to signify the observance of the rites which pertained to the public worship of God; and evidently includes whatever was to be perpetual and unchanging in the public worship of the Creator. It is remarkable that the prophet does not pronounce a blessing on him who came to bloody altars with sacrifices, or him who burned incense, or him who conformed to the unique rites of the Jewish religion. These rites were to pass away, and the obligation to observe them was to cease; and in this indirect manner the sacred writer has given an intimation that there would be blessings on those who did not observe those rites, and that the period would arrive when the divine favor and mercy would descend on people in a different channel. In regard to the importance of the Sabbath, see the note at the close of Isaiah 58:1-14.

And keepeth his hand ... - That is, is an upright, holy, honest man. He not only worships God and keeps the Sabbath, but he is upright in the discharge of all the duties which he owes to his fellow-men. These two specifications are evidently designed to include all the influences of religion - the proper service and worship of God, and an upright and holy life. Never in fact are they separated, and the religion of the Bible was designed to secure the one as much as the other.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 56:2. That keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it — Kimchi has an excellent note here. "The Sabbath is sanctified when it is distinguished in dignity; and separated from other days.

1. As to the body, in meat, drink, and clean clothing.

2. As to the soul, that it be empty of worldly occupations, and be busily employed in the words of the law and wisdom, and in meditation on the works of the Lord."

The rabbins say, "Jerusalem had never been destroyed, had not the Sabbaths been profaned in it."