Isaiah 58:3

King James Version (KJV)

Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.

Translations

Isaiah 58:3 - Amplified Bible

Why have we fasted, they say, and You do not see it? Why have we afflicted ourselves, and You take no knowledge [of it]? Behold [O Israel], on the day of your fast [when you should be grieving for your sins], you find profit in your business, and [instead of stopping all work, as the law implies you and your workmen should do] you extort from your hired servants a full amount of labor.

Isaiah 58:3 - American Standard Version

Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find your own pleasure, and exact all your labors.

Isaiah 58:3 - Bible in Basic English

They say, Why have we kept ourselves from food, and you do not see it? why have we kept ourselves from pleasure, and you take no note of it? If, in the days when you keep from food, you take the chance to do your business, and get in your debts;

Isaiah 58:3 - Darby Bible

-- Wherefore have we fasted, and thou seest not; have afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find what pleaseth [you], and exact all your labours.

Isaiah 58:3 - English Standard Version

"Why have we fasted, and you see it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?" Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and oppress all your workers.

Isaiah 58:3 - King James Version

Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.

Isaiah 58:3 - La Biblia de las Americas

Dicen: "¿Por qué hemos ayunado, y tù no lo ves?
¿Por qué nos hemos humillado, y tù no haces caso?"
He aquì, en el dìa de vuestro ayuno buscáis vuestra conveniencia
y oprimìs a todos vuestros trabajadores.

Isaiah 58:3 - The Message

"Well, here’s why:   "The bottom line on your ’fast days’ is profit.
   You drive your employees much too hard.
You fast, but at the same time you bicker and fight.
   You fast, but you swing a mean fist.
The kind of fasting you do
   won’t get your prayers off the ground.
Do you think this is the kind of fast day I’m after:
   a day to show off humility?
To put on a pious long face
   and parade around solemnly in black?
Do you call that fasting,
   a fast day that I, God, would like?

Isaiah 58:3 - New American Standard Bible

`Why have we fasted and You do not see? {Why} have we humbled ourselves and You do not notice?' Behold, on the day of your fast you find {your} desire, And drive hard all your workers.

Isaiah 58:3 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Dicen: '¿Por qué hemos ayunado, y Tù no lo ves?
¿Por qué nos hemos humillado, y Tù no haces caso?'
Pero en el dìa de su ayuno buscan su conveniencia
Y oprimen a todos sus trabajadores.

Isaiah 58:3 - World English Bible

Why have we fasted, [say they], and you don`t see? [why] have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast you find [your own] pleasure, and exact all your labors.

Isaiah 58:3 - Young's Living Translation

`Why have we fasted, and Thou hast not seen? We have afflicted our soul, and Thou knowest not.` Lo, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, And all your labours ye exact.

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