Isaiah 58:4
Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
KJV
Ecce ad lites et contentiones jejunatis, et percutitis pugno impie. Nolite jejunare sicut usque ad hanc diem, ut audiatur in excelso clamor vester.
Vulgate
εἰ εἰς κρίσεις καὶ μάχας νηστεύετε καὶ τύπτετε πυγμαῖς ταπεινόν, ἵνα τί μοι νηστεύετε ὡς σήμερον, ἀκουσθῆναι ἐν κραυγῇ τὴν φωνὴν ὑμῶν;
LXX
Behold, ye fast for strife and contention, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye fast not this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.
ASV
הֵ֣ן לְ/רִ֤יב וּ/מַצָּה֙ תָּצ֔וּמוּ וּ/לְ/הַכּ֖וֹת בְּ/אֶגְרֹ֣ף רֶ֑שַׁע לֹא תָצ֣וּמוּ כַ/יּ֔וֹם לְ/הַשְׁמִ֥יעַ בַּ/מָּר֖וֹם קוֹלְ/כֶֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
He says to them again, concerning these things, "Why do ye fast for Me, as on this day, saith the Lord, that your voice should be heard with a cry? I have not chosen this fast, saith the Lord, that a man should humble his soul."
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 21:9 — And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
- 1Kgs 21:12 — They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
- 2Sam 15:7 — And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.
- Isa 40:9 — O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Juda
- Isa 59:2 — But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
- Isa 59:2 — But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
- Matt 6:16 — Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
- Prov 21:27 — The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
- Zech 7:5 — Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?