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Isaiah 56:2

World English Bible

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.”

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Isaiah 56:2 in other translations

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.

Isaiah 56:2 · American Standard Version

Isaiah 56:2 in context

  1. 1Yahweh says,
    “Maintain justice
    and do what is right,
    for my salvation is near
    and my righteousness will soon be revealed.
  2. 2Blessed 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. 3Let no foreigner who has joined himself to Yahweh speak, saying,
    “Yahweh will surely separate me from his people.”
    Do not let the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.”
  4. 4For Yahweh says, “To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths,
    choose the things that please me,
    and hold fast to my covenant,