KJVSo the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
And the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, since today is holy. Do not grieve.”
And the Levites are keeping all the people silent, saying, `Be silent, for to-day is holy, and be not grieved.'
And the Levites quieted all the people, saying, Be still! for the day is holy; neither be grieved.
Nehemiah — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
N E H E M I A H CHAP. VIII. Ezra came up out of Babylon thirteen years before Nehemiah came, yet we have here a piece of good work which he did, that might have been done before, but was not done till Nehemiah came, who, though he was…