Leviticus 16:31
It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.
Leviticus 16:31 in other translations
| BSB | It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, that you may humble yourselves; it is a permanent statute. |
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| WEB | It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls. It is a statute forever. |
| ASV | It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute for ever. |
| YLT | it is to you a sabbath of rest, and ye have humbled yourselves--a statute age-during. |
| DARBY | A sabbath of rest shall it be unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls: it is an everlasting statute. |
| BBE | It is a special Sabbath for you, and you are to keep yourselves from pleasure; it is an order for ever. |
| Webster | It shall be a sabbath of rest to you, and ye shall afflict your souls by a statute for ever. |
What does Leviticus 16:31 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 16:29-34
29-34. this shall be a statute for ever unto you, that in the seventh month ye shall afflict your souls--This day of annual expiation for all the sins, irreverences, and impurities of all classes in Israel during the previous year, was to be observed as a solemn fast, in which "they were to afflict their souls"; it was reckoned a sabbath, kept as a season of "holy convocation," or, assembling for religious purposes…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 16:15-34
Here are typified the two great gospel privileges, of the remission of sin, and access to God, both of which we owe to our Lord Jesus. See the expiation of guilt. Christ is both the Maker and the Matter of the atonement; for he is the Priest, the High Priest, that makes reconciliation for the sins of the people. And as Christ is the High Priest, so he is the Sacrifice with which atonement is made; for he is all in…
Leviticus 16:31 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Leviticus 16:31
- Leviticus 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.
- Isaiah 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 acceptable day to the Lord?
- Leviticus 25:4
But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the Lord: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
- Exodus 31:15
Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
- Exodus 35:2
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
- Isaiah 58:3
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
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Context
- Leviticus 16:30
For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the Lord.
- Leviticus 16:31
It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.
- Leviticus 16:32
And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest’s office in his father’s stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments:
Leviticus 16:31 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Sábado de reposo es para vosotros, y afligiréis vuestras almas, por estatuto perpetuo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ce sera pour vous un sabbat de repos, et vous affligerez vos âmes; c’est un statut perpétuel. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ein Sabbath der Ruhe soll er euch sein, und ihr sollt eure Seelen kasteien, eine ewige Satzung. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sabbatum enim requietionis est, et affligetis animas vestras religione perpetua. |