Nehemiah 8:11
World English Bible (WEB)
So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Hold your peace, for the day is holy. Don’t be grieved.”
In context
9 Nehemiah, who was the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “Today is holy to the LORD your God. Don’t mourn, nor weep.” For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.
10 Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
11 So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Hold your peace, for the day is holy. Don’t be grieved.”
12 All the people went their way to eat, to drink, to send portions, and to celebrate, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
13 On the second day, the heads of fathers’ households of all the people, the priests, and the Levites were gathered together to Ezra the scribe, to study the words of the law.
Nehemiah 8:11 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Hold your peace, for the day is holy. Don’t be grieved.”
- KJV King James Version
- So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, since today is holy. Do not grieve.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And the Levites are keeping all the people silent, saying, 'Be silent, for to-day [is] holy, and be not grieved.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And the Levites quieted all the people, saying, Be still! for the day is holy; neither be grieved.
- WBS Webster Bible
- So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.