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Isaiah 56:2

Rest and sabbathObedienceJoy

1 This is what the LORD says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for My salvation is coming soon, and My righteousness will be revealed.

Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

3 Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”

4 For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant—

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BSB
Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
KJV
Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
WEB
Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast; who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
ASV
Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that holdeth it fast; that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
DARBY
Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that holdeth fast to it; that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
BLB
Blessed [is] the man [who] does this, and the son of man [who] grabs hold of it, keeping the Sabbath from being profaned, and keeping his hand from doing any evil.”
ÅB
Salig er det menneske som gjør dette, det menneskebarn som holder fast ved det, som holder sabbaten, så han ikke vanhelliger den, som varer sin hånd, så den ikke gjør noe ondt.
OTB
Velsignet er den som handler slik, og den person som holder fast ved det; som avstår fra å vanhellige sabbaten, og holder sine hender fra å gjøre noe ondt.”
B1930
Salig er det menneske som gjør dette, det menneskebarn som holder fast ved det, som holder sabbaten, så han ikke vanhelliger den, som varer sin hånd, så den ikke gjør noget ondt.

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Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 31:13–16

    “Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

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  • Isaiah 58:13

    If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,

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  • Psalms 112:1

    Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.

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  • Ezekiel 20:12

    I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

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  • Luke 11:28

    But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

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  • Jeremiah 17:21–22

    This is what the LORD says: Take heed for yourselves; do not carry a load or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.

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  • Exodus 20:10

    but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.

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  • Ezekiel 20:20

    Keep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’

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