Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife, and in striking each other with wicked fists. You cannot fast as you do today and expect your voice to be heard on high. New Living Translation What good is fasting when you keep on fighting and quarreling? This kind of fasting will never get you anywhere with me. English Standard Version Behold, you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to hit with a wicked fist. Fasting like yours this day will not make your voice to be heard on high. Berean Standard Bible You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high. King James Bible Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. New King James Version Indeed you fast for strife and debate, And to strike with the fist of wickedness. You will not fast as you do this day, To make your voice heard on high. New American Standard Bible “Behold, you fast for contention and strife, and to strike with a wicked fist. You do not fast like you have done today to make your voice heard on high! NASB 1995 “Behold, you fast for contention and strife and to strike with a wicked fist. You do not fast like you do today to make your voice heard on high. NASB 1977 “Behold, you fast for contention and strife and to strike with a wicked fist. You do not fast like you do today to make your voice heard on high. Legacy Standard Bible Behold, you fast for contention and quarreling and to strike with a wicked fist. You do not fast like you do today to make your voice heard on high. Amplified Bible “The facts are that you fast only for strife and brawling and to strike with the fist of wickedness. You do not fast as you do today to make your voice heard on high. Christian Standard Bible You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today, hoping to make your voice heard on high. Holman Christian Standard Bible You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today, hoping to make your voice heard on high. American Standard Version Behold, ye fast for strife and contention, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye fast not this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high. Contemporary English Version You even get angry and ready to fight. No wonder God won't listen to your prayers! English Revised Version Behold, ye fast for strife and contention, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye fast not this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high. GOD'S WORD® Translation Don't you see that when you fast, you quarrel and fight and beat your workers? The way you fast today keeps you from being heard in heaven. Good News Translation Your fasting makes you violent, and you quarrel and fight. Do you think this kind of fasting will make me listen to your prayers? International Standard Version "Look! You fast only for quarreling, and for fighting, and for hitting with wicked fists. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice heard on high. Majority Standard Bible You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high. NET Bible Look, your fasting is accompanied by arguments, brawls, and fistfights. Do not fast as you do today, trying to make your voice heard in heaven. New Heart English Bible Look, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness: you do not fast this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high. Webster's Bible Translation Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. World English Bible Behold, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness. You don’t fast today so as to make your voice to be heard on high. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionBehold, you fast for strife and debate, "" And to strike with the fist of wickedness, "" You do not fast as [this] day, "" To sound your voice in the high place. Young's Literal Translation Lo, for strife and debate ye fast, And to smite with the fist of wickedness, Ye fast not as to -day, To sound in the high place your voice. Smith's Literal Translation Behold, for contention and strife ye will fast, and to strike with the fist of injustice: ye shall not fast as today to cause your voice to be heard on high. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBehold you fast for debates and strife. and strike with the fist wickedly. Do not fast as you have done until this day, to make your cry to be heard on high. Catholic Public Domain Version Behold, you fast with strife and contention, and you strike with the fist impiously. Do not choose to fast as you have done even to this day. Then your outcry will be heard on high. New American Bible See, you fast only to quarrel and fight and to strike with a wicked fist! Do not fast as you do today to make your voice heard on high! New Revised Standard Version Look, you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to strike with a wicked fist. Such fasting as you do today will not make your voice heard on high. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBehold, you fast for strife and quarreling, and to strike violently with the fist of wickedness; you shall not fast as you do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Behold, for strife and for contention you are fasting and to strike in the force of evil. You shall not fast like today and make your voice heard in high places OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Behold, ye fast for strife and contention, And to smite with the fist of wickedness; Ye fast not this day So as to make your voice to be heard on high. Brenton Septuagint Translation If ye fast for quarrels and strifes, and smite the lowly with your fists, wherefore do ye fast to me as ye do this day, so that your voice may be heard in crying? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context True Fasts and Sabbaths…3“Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers. 4 You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high. 5Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?… Cross References Matthew 6:16-18 When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. / But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, / so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, but only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. James 4:3 And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures. Matthew 23:23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. Luke 18:9-14 To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable: / “Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. / The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. ... 1 Corinthians 13:3 If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing. Zechariah 7:5-6 “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted? / And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves? Amos 5:21-24 “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. / Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard. / Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. ... Jeremiah 14:12 Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.” Micah 3:4 Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done. Hosea 6:6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. Malachi 3:14 You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts? Matthew 9:13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Mark 7:6-7 Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’ Romans 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. 1 Samuel 15:22 But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams. Treasury of Scripture Behold, you fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: you shall not fast as you do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. ye fast 1 Kings 21:9-13 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: … Proverbs 21:27 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind? Matthew 6:16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. and to smite Acts 23:1,2 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day… Philippians 1:14,15 And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear… shall not fast as ye do this day. Joel 2:13,14 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil… Jonah 3:7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water: Matthew 6:16-18 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward… Jump to Previous Angry Blows Contention Debate Ends Evil Expect Fast Fasting Fight Fighting Fist Fists Food Hands Heard High Hit Holy Keeping Make Makes Quarrel Quickly Ready Smite Strife Strike Striking Today Voice Wicked WickednessJump to Next Angry Blows Contention Debate Ends Evil Expect Fast Fasting Fight Fighting Fist Fists Food Hands Heard High Hit Holy Keeping Make Makes Quarrel Quickly Ready Smite Strife Strike Striking Today Voice Wicked WickednessIsaiah 58 1. The prophet, being sent to reprove hypocrisy, 3. shows the difference between a counterfeit fast and a true 8. He declares what promises are due unto godliness 13. And to the keeping of the Sabbath You fast with contention and strife The Hebrew root for "contention" is "רִיב" (riv), which often denotes a legal dispute or quarrel. In the context of Isaiah, this word suggests that the people's fasting is not a humble act of worship but rather a contentious display, filled with arguments and disputes. Historically, fasting was meant to be a time of self-denial and spiritual reflection, yet here it is marred by conflict. The phrase "and strife" further emphasizes the discord among the people, indicating that their religious practices are tainted by interpersonal conflicts. This serves as a reminder that true worship must be accompanied by peace and unity, not division. to strike viciously with your fist You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew You fastתָּצ֔וּמוּ (tā·ṣū·mū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 6684: To abstain from food, fast with contention לְרִ֤יב (lə·rîḇ) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7379: Strife, dispute and strife וּמַצָּה֙ (ū·maṣ·ṣāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4683: Strife, contention to strike וּלְהַכּ֖וֹת (ū·lə·hak·kō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 5221: To strike viciously רֶ֑שַׁע (re·ša‘) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7562: Wickedness with your fist. בְּאֶגְרֹ֣ף (bə·’eḡ·rōp̄) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 106: The clenched hand You cannot לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no fast תָצ֣וּמוּ (ṯā·ṣū·mū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 6684: To abstain from food, fast as you do today כַיּ֔וֹם (ḵay·yō·wm) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day and have your voice קוֹלְכֶֽם׃ (qō·wl·ḵem) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 6963: A voice, sound be heard לְהַשְׁמִ֥יעַ (lə·haš·mî·a‘) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently on high. בַּמָּר֖וֹם (bam·mā·rō·wm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4791: Altitude Links Isaiah 58:4 NIVIsaiah 58:4 NLT Isaiah 58:4 ESV Isaiah 58:4 NASB Isaiah 58:4 KJV Isaiah 58:4 BibleApps.com Isaiah 58:4 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 58:4 Chinese Bible Isaiah 58:4 French Bible Isaiah 58:4 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 58:4 Behold you fast for strife and contention (Isa Isi Is) |
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