Leviticus 16:29

KJV1611 – Modern English

And this shall be a statute forever to you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger who dwells among you:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיְתָ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם לְחֻקַּ֣ת עוֹלָ֑ם בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַ֠שְּׁבִיעִי בֶּֽעָשׂ֨וֹר לַחֹ֜דֶשׁ תְּעַנּ֣וּ אֶת־נַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶ֗ם וְכָל־מְלָאכָה֙ לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֔וּ הָֽאֶזְרָ֔ח וְהַגֵּ֖ר הַגָּ֥ר בְּתוֹכְכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And-hāyetāh to-you for-ḥuqqat ʿolām in-the-ḥodesh ha-sheviʿi in-ʿāśor to-the-ḥodesh you-teʿannu ʾet-nafshoteykhem and-all-melāʾkhāh not you-taʿaśu the-ʾezrāḥ and-the-ger the-gār in-midst-of-you.

Grammar Details

• *hāyetāh*: qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - it shall be
• *ḥuqqat ʿolām*: feminine singular construct + masculine singular noun - statute of eternity/everlasting ordinance
• *ḥodesh ha-sheviʿi*: masculine singular noun + definite article + ordinal number - the seventh month
• *ʿāśor*: masculine singular noun - tenth
• *ḥodesh*: masculine singular noun - month/new moon
• *teʿannu*: piel imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall afflict/humble
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *nafshoteykhem*: feminine plural noun with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your souls
• *melāʾkhāh*: feminine singular noun - work/labor/occupation
• *taʿaśu*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall do/make
• *ʾezrāḥ*: masculine singular noun - native/citizen
• *ger*: masculine singular noun - sojourner/foreigner/alien
• *gār*: qal participle, masculine singular - dwelling/residing

Word Meanings

• *ḥuqqat ʿolām*: perpetual statute/everlasting ordinance
• *teʿannu*: afflict/humble/deny/practice self-denial
• *nafshoteykhem*: your souls/yourselves
• *melāʾkhāh*: work/labor/occupation/business
• *ʾezrāḥ*: native/citizen/native-born
• *ger*: sojourner/foreigner/alien/stranger

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  This shall be a lasting ordinance for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you are to deny yourselves and do no work—whether native-born or a foreigner living among you.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And it shall be a statute for ever unto you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and shall do no manner of work, the home-born, or the stranger that sojourneth among you:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And it shalbe an ordynaunce for euer vnto you. And eue in the tenth daye of the seuenth moneth, ye shall humble youre soules and shall doo no worke at all: whether it be one of youre selues or a straunger that sogeorneth amonge you.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And this shalbe a perpetuall lawe vnto you: Vpon the tenth daye of the seuenth moneth shal ye humble youre soules, and do no worke, whether it be one of youre selues, or a straunger amonge you.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So this shalbe an ordinance for euer vnto you: the tenth day of the seuenth moneth, yee shal humble your soules, & do no worke at all, whether it be one of the same countrey or a strager that soiourneth among you.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And this shalbe an ordinaunce for euer vnto you: that in the tenth day of the seuenth moneth ye humble your soules, and do no worke at all, whether it be one of your owne countrey, or a straunger that soiourneth among you.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ 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:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "It shall be a statute to you forever: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and shall do no manner of work, the native-born, or the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And it hath been to you for a statute age-during, in the seventh month, in the tenth of the month, ye humble yourselves, and do no work -- the native, and the sojourner who is sojourning in your midst;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it shall be a statute for ever unto you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and shall do no manner of work, the home-born, or the stranger that sojourneth among you:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it shall be a statute for ever unto you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and shall do no manner of work, the home-born, or the stranger that sojourneth among you:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And let this be an order to you for ever: in the seventh month, on the tenth day, you are to keep yourselves from pleasure and do no sort of work, those who are Israelites by birth and those from other lands who are living among you:

• World English Bible (2000)

  "It shall be a statute to you forever: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and shall do no kind of work, the native-born, or the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Review of the Day of Atonement“This is to be a perpetual statute for you. In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you must humble yourselves and do no work of any kind, both the native citizen and the resident foreigner who lives in your midst,

Referenced Verses

• Num 29:7 : 7 And on the tenth day of this seventh month, you shall have a holy assembly; and you shall humble yourselves: you shall not do any work in it:
• Isa 58:3 : 3 Why have we fasted, they say, and you do not see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and you take no notice? Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure and exact all your labors.
• Isa 58:5 : 5 Is this the 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? Will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
• Dan 10:12 : 12 Then he said to me, Fear not, Daniel; for from the first day that you set your heart to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to your words.
• Lev 23:36 : 36 Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD; on the eighth day there shall be a holy gathering to you, and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD; it is a solemn assembly, and you shall do no servile work in it.
• Exod 20:10 : 10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor the stranger who is within your gates.
• Lev 23:7-8 : 7 On the first day you shall have a holy gathering: you shall do no servile work in it. 8 But you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD seven days; on the seventh day is a holy gathering; you shall do no servile work in it.
• Lev 23:21 : 21 And you shall proclaim on the same day that it may be a holy gathering to you; you shall do no servile work in it; it shall be a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
• Ps 35:13 : 13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned to my own bosom.
• Ps 69:10 : 10 When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
• Lev 23:27-32 : 27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the day of atonement; it shall be a holy gathering to you; and you shall afflict your souls and offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. 28 And you shall do no work in that same day, for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God. 29 For any person who does not afflict himself on that same day shall be cut off from among his people. 30 And any person who does any work on that same day, that person I will destroy from among his people. 31 You shall do no manner of work; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 32 It shall be to you a sabbath of rest, and you shall afflict your souls; on the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall celebrate your sabbath.
• Exod 30:10 : 10 And Aaron shall make atonement upon its horns once a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonement: once a year he shall make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy to the LORD.
• Lev 23:3 : 3 Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, a holy gathering; you shall do no work in it; it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
• Exod 12:16 : 16 And on the first day there shall be a holy assembly, and on the seventh day there shall be a holy assembly for you; no manner of work shall be done on them, except that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you.
• 1 Kgs 8:2 : 2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to King Solomon at the feast in the month of Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
• Ezra 3:1 : 1 And when the seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one person to Jerusalem.
• 1 Cor 11:31 : 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged.
• 2 Cor 7:10-11 : 10 For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world produces death. 11 For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner, what diligence it produced in you, yes, what clearing of yourselves, yes, what indignation, yes, what fear, yes, what vehement desire, yes, what zeal, yes, what vindication! In all things you have proved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
• Heb 4:10 : 10 For he who has entered into his rest has also ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
• Isa 58:13 : 13 If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy day of the LORD, honorable; and shall honor him, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words:
• Dan 10:3 : 3 I ate no desirable food, neither did meat nor wine enter my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were completed.