Leviticus 16:31

Leviticus chapter 16 · verse 31 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute for ever.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute for ever.

Context

v.30for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins shall ye be clean before Jehovah.

v.31This passage

v.32And the priest, who shall be anointed and who shall be consecrated to be priest in his father’s stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen garments, even the holy garments:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Exodus 31:15

    Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work on the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

  • Leviticus 23:32

    It shall be unto you a sabbath of solemn rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye keep your sabbath.

  • Isaiah 58:5

    Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Jehovah?

  • 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 your own pleasure, and exact all your labors.

  • Leviticus 25:4

    but in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath unto Jehovah: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

  • Exodus 35:2

    Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of solemn rest to Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death.