Leviticus 16:31 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.”
Leviticus 16:31 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Leviticus 16:31 in 6 Bible Translations
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Leviticus 16:31 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls. It is a statute forever.”
Leviticus 16:31 — World English Bible
Leviticus 16:31 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. ”
Leviticus 16:31 — American Standard Version
Leviticus 16:31 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“it <FI>is<Fi> to you a sabbath of rest, and ye have humbled yourselves--a statute age-during.”
Leviticus 16:31 — Young's Literal Translation
Leviticus 16:31 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“A sabbath of rest shall it be unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls: [it is] an everlasting statute. ”
Leviticus 16:31 — Darby Translation
Leviticus 16:31 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“This shall be a Sabbath of rest vnto you, and ye shall humble your soules, by an ordinance for euer.”
Leviticus 16:31 — Geneva Bible
Leviticus 16:31 in Context — Leviticus 16
29 And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:
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.
31 It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.
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:
33 And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation.
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What Does Leviticus 16:31 Mean?
Leviticus 16:31 is a verse from the Book of Leviticus, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Leviticus chapter 16. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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