31For it is a sabbath of rest, and you shall afflict your souls by a perpetual religion.


In Context

28 And whosoever burneth them shall wash his clothes, and flesh with water, and so shall enter into the camp.

29 And this shall be to you an everlasting ordinance: The seventh month, the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and shall do no work, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you.

30 Upon this day shall be the expiation for you, and the cleansing from all your sins: you shall be cleansed before the Lord.

31 For it is a sabbath of rest, and you shall afflict your souls by a perpetual religion.

32 And the priest that is anointed, and whose hands are consecrated to do the office of the priesthood in his father's stead, shall make atonement; and he shall be vested with the linen robe and the holy vestments,

33 And he shall expiate the sanctuary and the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, the priest also and all the people.

Leviticus 16:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:31It [shall be] a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:31It is a sabbath of rest, and you must deny yourselves; it is a lasting ordinance.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:31It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute for ever.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:31A sabbath of rest shall it be unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls: it is an everlasting statute.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:31It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute for ever.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:31It shall be a sabbath of rest to you, and ye shall afflict your souls by a statute for ever.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:31It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls; it is a statute forever.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:31it is to you a sabbath of rest, and ye have humbled yourselves — a statute age-during.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:31It shall be a sabbath of rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.