11So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
11So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
9 And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.
13 And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.
8:11The Levites calmed all the people, saying, "Be still, for this is a sacred day. Do not grieve."
8:11And the Levites stilled all the people, saying: Hold your peace, for the day is holy, and be not sorrowful.
8:11So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
8:11And the Levites quieted all the people, saying, Be still! for the day is holy; neither be grieved.
8:11So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
8:11So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
8:11So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, |Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be grieved.|
8:11And the Levites are keeping all the people silent, saying, 'Be silent, for to-day is holy, and be not grieved.'
8:11So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be you grieved.