This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Parallel translations
- WEB This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!
- KJV This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
- NKJV This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.
- NASB This is the day which the Lord has made; Let’s rejoice and be glad in it.
- NLT This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.
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Quick answer
This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. It matters because God's day of salvation calls for wholehearted joy.
Overview
The verse celebrates the day of deliverance God has appointed as cause for gladness. In its fullest sense it points to the day of Christ's triumph, his resurrection. Many Christians have long applied it to the joy of the Lord's saving work, the day God has made for rejoicing in his salvation.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 84:10For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
- Isa 58:13If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,
- Neh 8:10Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
- 2 Chr 20:26–28On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, where they blessed the LORD. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Beracah to this day.
- 1 Kgs 8:66On the fifteenth day Solomon sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things that the LORD had done for His servant David and for His people Israel.
- Rev 1:10On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
- Acts 20:7On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.
- John 20:19–20It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you!” He said to them.
- Matt 28:1–8After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
- Zech 3:9See the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave on it an inscription, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.
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