Parallel ISA 58:5

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BSB  ⇔ Is 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?

OEB Can such be the fast of my choice,
⇔ a day for self-mortification?
 ⇔ To bow one’s head like a bulrush,
⇔ to lie upon sackcloth and ashes –
 ⇔ is this what you call a fast,
⇔ a day that the Lord accepts?
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WEB Is this the fast that I have chosen?
⇔ A day for a man to humble his soul?
 ⇔ Is it to bow down his head like a reed,
⇔ and to spread sackcloth and ashes under himself?
 ⇔ Will you call this a fast,
⇔ and an acceptable day to Yahweh?

WMB Is this the fast that I have chosen?
⇔ A day for a man to humble his soul?
 ⇔ Is it to bow down his head like a reed,
⇔ and to spread sackcloth and ashes under himself?
 ⇔ Will you call this a fast,
⇔ and an acceptable day to the LORD?

NET Is this really the kind of fasting I want?
 ⇔ Do I want a day when people merely humble themselves,
 ⇔ bowing their heads like a reed
 ⇔ and stretching out on sackcloth and ashes?
 ⇔ Is this really what you call a fast,
 ⇔ a day that is pleasing to the Lord?

LSV Is this like the fast that I choose? The day of a man’s afflicting his soul? To bow his head as a reed,
And spread out sackcloth and ashes? Do you call this a fast,
And a desirable day—to YHWH?

FBV Is this the kind of fast I want when people act out their humility by bowing their heads down like a reed and by lying around in sackcloth and ashes? Is that what you call a fast, a day the Lord appreciates?

T4T You act as though [IRO] you humble yourselves [RHQ] by bowing your heads
⇔ like [SIM] the tops of reeds bend when the wind blows,
 ⇔ and you wear [RHQ] rough clothes and cover your heads with ashes like people do when they are grieving.
 ⇔ That is what you do when you are fasting,
⇔ but do you really think [RHQ] that will please me?

LEB  • the fast I choose like this, a day for humankind to humiliate[fn]? •  To bow his head like a reed, •  and[fn] his bed on sackcloth and ashes; •  you call this a fast •  and a day of pleasure to Yahweh?

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BBE Have I given orders for such a day as this? a day for keeping yourselves from pleasure? is it only a question of the bent head, of putting on haircloth, and being seated in the dust? is this what seems to you a holy day, well-pleasing to the Lord?

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JPS Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?

ASV Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Jehovah?

DRA Is this such a fast as I have chosen: for a man to afflict his soul for a day? is this it, to wind his head about like a circle, and to spread sackcloth and ashes? wilt thou call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the Lord?

YLT Like this is the fast that I choose? The day of a man's afflicting his soul? To bow as a reed his head, And sackcloth and ashes spread out? This dost thou call a fast, And a desirable day — to Jehovah?

DBY Is such the fast that I have chosen, a day for a man to afflict his soul, — that he should bow down his head as a bulrush, and spread sackcloth and ashes [under him]? Wilt thou call this a fast, and a day acceptable to Jehovah?

RV Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?

WBS Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?

KJB Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?[fn]
  (Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt/will thou/you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?)

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BB Thinke ye this fast pleaseth me, that a man shoulde chasten hym selfe for a day? and to hang downe his head like a bulrushe, and to lye vpon the earth in an heerie cloth? Should that be called fasting, or a day that pleaseth the Lord?
  (Thinke ye/you_all this fast pleaseth me, that a man should chasten himself for a day? and to hang down his head like a bulrushe, and to lye upon the earth in an heerie cloth? Should that be called fasting, or a day that pleaseth the Lord?)

GNV Is it such a fast that I haue chosen, that a man should afflict his soule for a day, and to bowe downe his head, as a bull rush, and to lie downe in sackecloth and ashes? wilt thou call this a fasting, or an acceptable day to the Lord?
  (Is it such a fast that I have chosen, that a man should afflict his soule for a day, and to bow down his head, as a bull rush, and to lie down in sackcloth and ashes? wilt/will thou/you call this a fasting, or an acceptable day to the Lord? )

CB Thynke ye this fast pleaseth me, that a ma shulde chasten himself for a daye, and to wryth his heade aboute like an hoke in an hairy cloth, & to lye vpon the earth? Shulde that be called fastinge, or a daye yt pleaseth ye LORDE?
  (Thynke ye/you_all this fast pleaseth me, that a man should chasten himself for a day, and to wryth his heade about like an hoke in an hairy cloth, and to lye upon the earth? Shulde that be called fasting, or a day it pleaseth ye/you_all LORD?)

WYC Whether sich is the fastyng which Y chees, a man to turmente his soule bi dai? whether to bynde his heed as a sercle, and to make redi a sak and aische? Whethir thou schalt clepe this a fastyng, and a dai acceptable to the Lord?
  (Whether such is the fasting which I chees, a man to turmente his soule by dai? whether to bind his heed as a sercle, and to make ready a sak and aische? Whethir thou/you shalt clepe this a fasting, and a day acceptable to the Lord?)

LUT Sollte das ein Fasten sein, das ich erwählen soll, daß ein Mensch seinem Leibe des Tages übel tue, oder seinen Kopf hänge wie ein Schilf, oder auf einem Sack und in der Asche liege? Wollt ihr das ein Fasten nennen und einen Tag dem HErrn angenehm?
  (Sollte the a Fasten sein, the I erwählen soll, that a person seinem Leibe the Tages übel tue, or his Kopf hänge like a Schilf, or on one Sack and in the Asche liege? Wollt her the a Fasten nennen and a Tag to_him HErrn angenehm?)

CLV Numquid tale est jejunium quod elegi, per diem affligere hominem animam suam? numquid contorquere quasi circulum caput suum, et saccum et cinerem sternere? numquid istud vocabis jejunium, et diem acceptabilem Domino?][fn]
  (Numquid tale it_is yeyunium that elegi, per diem affligere hominem animam suam? numquid contorquere as_if circulum caput his_own, and saccum and cinerem sternere? numquid istud vocabis yeyunium, and diem acceptabilem Domino?])

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BRN I have not chosen this fast, nor such a day for a man to afflict his soul; neither though thou shouldest bend down thy neck as a ring, and spread under thee sackcloth and ashes, neither thus shall ye call a fast acceptable.

BrLXX Οὐ ταύτην τὴν νηστείαν ἐξελεξάμην, καὶ ἡμέραν ταπεινοῦν ἄνθρωπον τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ· οὐδʼ ἂν κάμψῃς ὡς κρίκον τὸν τράχηλόν σου, καὶ σάκκον καὶ σποδὸν ὑποστρώσῃ, οὐδʼ οὕτω καλέσετε νηστείαν δεκτήν.
  (Ou tautaʸn taʸn naʸsteian exelexamaʸn, kai haʸmeran tapeinoun anthrōpon taʸn psuⱪaʸn autou; oudʼ an kampsaʸs hōs krikon ton traⱪaʸlon sou, kai sakkon kai spodon hupostrōsaʸ, oudʼ houtō kalesete naʸsteian dektaʸn. )