Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy : for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for in the same manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

Be glad in that day and rejoice; for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For according to these things did their fathers to the prophets.

rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in the heaven, for after this manner did their fathers act toward the prophets.

rejoice in that day, and leap, for lo, your reward is great in the heaven, for according to these things were their fathers doing to the prophets.

"Be glad at such a time, and dance for joy; for your reward is great in Heaven; for that is just the way their forefathers behaved to the Prophets!

Be glad in that day, and be lifted up for joy, for your reward in heaven will be great: for their fathers did these same things to the prophets.

Be glad in that day and exult. For behold, your reward is great in heaven. For these same things their fathers did to the prophets.

Then indeed you may be glad and dance for joy, for be sure that your reward in heaven will be great; for that is what their ancestors did to the prophets.

Did - unto the prophets - See 1-Kings 18:4; 1-Kings 19:20; 2-Chronicles 24:21; 2-Chronicles 36:16; Nehemiah 9:26.

Rejoice ye in that day, and (e) leap for joy: for, behold, your reward [is] great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
(e) Leap for exceeding joy, as cattle do who are spurred on by food.

Rejoice ye in that day,.... When they should be hated, discarded, reproached, and anathematized: and leap for joy; as if the greatest honour and happiness imaginable had been conferred on them; and as persons do, when in the greatest rapture:
for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets; See Gill on Matthew 5:12.

leap for joy--a livelier word than "be exceeding glad" of "exult" (Matthew 5:12).