So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
WEB
And the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, since today is holy. Do not grieve.”
YLT
And the Levites are keeping all the people silent, saying, `Be silent, for to-day is holy, and be not grieved.'
DBT
And the Levites quieted all the people, saying, Be still! for the day is holy; neither be grieved.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentNehemiah — The walls rebuilt in fifty-two days; the covenant renewed; the reforms enacted and then re-enacted when Nehemiah returns to find them slipping. A book about civic and spiritual reconstruction side by side.
- Author
- Nehemiah (chs. 1–7, 11–13 largely first-person memoir); Ezra-material probably compiled alongside
- Date
- Events 445–432 BC; final compilation late-5th century BC