Exodus 31:16
Exodus chapter 31 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
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.
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.