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Isaiah 56:2

Blessed is cthe man that doeth this,

And cthe son of man that layeth hold on it;

dThat keepeth the sabbath from polluting it,

And keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

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Isaiah 56:2 — The New International Version (NIV)

Blessed is the one who does this—

the person who holds it fast,

who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it,

and keeps their hands from doing any evil.”

Isaiah 56:2 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Blessed is the man who does this,

and the son of man who holds it fast,

who keeps the Sabbath, not profaning it,

and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

Isaiah 56:2 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Blessed are all those

who are careful to do this.

Blessed are those who honor my Sabbath days of rest

and keep themselves from doing wrong.

Isaiah 56:2 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Blessed is the man who does this,

And the son of man who lays hold on it;

Who keeps from defiling the Sabbath,

And keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

Isaiah 56:2 — New Century Version (NCV)

The person who obeys the law about the Sabbath

will be blessed,

and the person who does no evil

will be blessed.”

Isaiah 56:2 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that holdeth fast to it; that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

Isaiah 56:2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Blessed is the one who does these things 

and the person who holds on to them. 

Blessed is the one who keeps the day of rest—a holy day, from becoming unholy 

and his hands from doing anything wrong. 

Isaiah 56:2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Happy is the man who does this,

anyone who maintains this,

who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it,

and keeps his hand from doing any evil.

Isaiah 56:2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Happy is the mortal who does this,

the one who holds it fast,

who keeps the sabbath, not profaning it,

and refrains from doing any evil.

Isaiah 56:2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Happy is the man who does this,

and the son of humankind who keeps hold of it,

who keeps the Sabbath so as not to profane it,

and who keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

Isaiah 56:2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Blessed is the man who does what I want him to.

He is faithful in keeping the Sabbath day.

He does not misuse it.

He does not do what is evil on that day.”

Isaiah 56:2 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

“How blessed is the man who does this,

And the son of man who takes hold of it;

Who keeps from profaning the sabbath,

And keeps his hand from doing any evil.”


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