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Exodus 20:11

Exodus chapter 20 · verse 11 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Context

v.10but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

v.11This passage

v.12Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Mark 2:27

    And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

  • Genesis 2:2

    And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

  • Genesis 1:28

    And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

  • Psalms 95:4

    In his hand are the deep places of the earth; The heights of the mountains are his also.

  • Genesis 1:1

    In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

  • Exodus 31:17

    It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.