Exodus 20:11
9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.
For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
12 Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
13 You shall not murder.
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- BSB
- For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- For in six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
- BLB
- For [in] six days YHWH made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that [is] in them; and He rested on the seventh day. Therefore YHWH blessed the Sabbath day and sanctified it.
- ÅB
- For på seks dager skapte Herren himmelen og jorden, havet og alt det som er i dem, og han hvilte på den syvende dagen. Derfor velsignet Herren sabbatsdagen og helliget den.
- OTB
- For på seks dager skapte Herren himmelen og jorden, havet og alt som er i dem, og hvilte den syvende dagen. Derfor velsignet Herren sabbatsdagen og gjorde den hellig.
- B1930
- For i seks dager gjorde Herren himmelen og jorden, havet og alt det som i dem er, og han hvilte på den syvende dag; derfor velsignet Herren sabbatsdagen og helliget den.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 1:1–2
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Read in contextGenesis 2:2–3
And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
Read in contextExodus 31:17
It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”
Read in contextMark 2:27–28
Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
Read in contextPsalms 95:4–7
In His hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to Him.
Read in contextGenesis 1:28
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
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