Isaiah 58:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.”
Isaiah 58:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Isaiah 58:4 in 6 Bible Translations
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Isaiah 58:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Behold, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness. You don’t fast today so as to make your voice to be heard on high.”
Isaiah 58:4 — World English Bible
Isaiah 58:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Behold, ye fast for strife and contention, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye fast not this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.”
Isaiah 58:4 — American Standard Version
Isaiah 58:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Lo, for strife and debate ye fast, And to smite with the fist of wickedness, Ye fast not as <FI>to<Fi> -day, To sound in the high place your voice.”
Isaiah 58:4 — Young's Literal Translation
Isaiah 58:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Behold, ye have fasted for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness; ye do not at present fast, to cause your voice to be heard on high.”
Isaiah 58:4 — Darby Translation
Isaiah 58:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Beholde, ye fast to strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickednesse: ye shall not fast as ye doe to day, to make your voyce to be heard aboue.”
Isaiah 58:4 — Geneva Bible
Isaiah 58:4 in Context — Isaiah 58
2 Que me buscan cada día, y quieren saber mis caminos, como gente que hubiese obrado justicia, y que no hubiese dejado el derecho de su Dios: pregúntanme derechos de justicia, y quieren acercarse á Dios.
3 ¿Por qué, [dicen], ayunamos, y no hiciste caso; humillamos nuestras almas, y no te diste por entendido? He aquí que en el día de vuestro ayuno halláis lo que queréis, y todos demandáis vuestras haciendas.
4 He aquí que para contiendas y debates ayunáis, y para herir con el puño inicuamente; no ayunéis como hoy, para que vuestra voz sea oída en lo alto.
5 ¿Es tal el ayuno que yo escogí, que de día aflija el hombre su alma, que encorve su cabeza como junco, y haga cama de saco y de ceniza? ¿Llamaréis esto ayuno, y día agradable á Jehová?
6 ¿No es antes el ayuno que yo escogí, desatar las ligaduras de impiedad, deshacer los haces de opresión, y dejar ir libres á los quebrantados, y que rompáis todo yugo?
What Does Isaiah 58:4 Mean?
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