Exodus 31:16
What does Exodus 31:16 mean?
A plain-English look at Exodus 31:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the children of Israel are to keep the Sabbath holy, from generation to generation, by an eternal agreement.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and the sons of Israel have observed the sabbath; to keep the sabbath to their generations <FI>is<Fi> a covenant age-during,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Let the children of Israel keep the sabbath, and celebrate it in their generations. It is an everlasting covenant
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations — [it is] an everlasting covenant.
Context
v.15Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work on the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
v.16This passage
v.17It 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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 50:5
They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come ye, and join yourselves to Jehovah in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.
- Genesis 17:11
And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant betwixt me and you.
- Genesis 9:13
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
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