Leviticus 16:31
It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.
KJV
Sabbatum enim requietionis est, et affligetis animas vestras religione perpetua.
Vulgate
σάββατα σαββάτων ἀνάπαυσις αὕτη ἔσται ὑμῖν, καὶ ταπεινώσετε τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν· νόμιμον αἰώνιον.
LXX
It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute for ever.
ASV
שַׁבַּ֨ת שַׁבָּת֥וֹן הִיא֙ לָ/כֶ֔ם וְ/עִנִּיתֶ֖ם אֶת נַפְשֹׁתֵי/כֶ֑ם חֻקַּ֖ת עוֹלָֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
וֹ
v
verb · 83×
י
y
noun · 105×
י
y
noun · 752×
י
y
noun · 111×
עוֹלָֽם
'vlm
noun · 427×
שַׁבָּת֖וֹן
shbtvn
noun · 11×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
The seventh day is called the Sabbath and signifies rest. For in it God rested from all His works Genesis 2:2, as the divine Scripture says: and so the number of the days goes up to seven and then circles back again and begins at the first. This is the precious number with the Jews, God having ordained that it should be held in honour, and that in no chance fashion but with the…
Cross-references
- Col 2:16 — Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
- Dan 10:12 — Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
- Ezra 8:21 — Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
- Isa 58:5 — Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acce
- Lev 23:32 — It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
- Lev 23:32 — It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
- Ps 35:13 — But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.