Isaiah 56:2-4
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
2 Happy is the person who does this,
the son of man who holds it fast,
who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it,
and keeps his hand from doing any evil.(A)
3 No foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord
should say,
‘The Lord will exclude me from his people,’(B)
and the eunuch should not say,
‘Look, I am a dried-up tree.’(C)
4 For the Lord says this:
‘For the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths,
and choose what pleases me,
and hold firmly to my covenant,
Isaiah 56:2-4
New International Version
2 Blessed(A) is the one who does this—
the person who holds it fast,
who keeps the Sabbath(B) without desecrating it,
and keeps their hands from doing any evil.”
3 Let no foreigner(C) who is bound to the Lord say,
“The Lord will surely exclude me from his people.”(D)
And let no eunuch(E) complain,
“I am only a dry tree.”
4 For this is what the Lord says:
Isaiah 56:2-4
King James Version
2 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.
3 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
4 For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
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