Exodus 20:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    For in six days, the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but He rested on the seventh day. Therefore, the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    For in sixe dayes the Lorde made both heauen and erth and the see and all that in them is and rested the seuenth daye: wherfore the Lorde blessed the Sabbath daye and halowed it.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For in sixe dayes the LORDE made heauen and earth, and the see, and all that therin is, and rested vpon the seuenth daye: therfore the LORDE blessed the seuenth daye, & halowed it.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For in sixe dayes the Lord made the heauen and the earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seuenth day: therefore the Lorde blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For in sixe dayes the Lorde made heauen and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seuenth day: wherfore the Lorde blessed the seuenth day, and halowed it.

  • Authorized 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    for six days hath Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that `is' in them, and resteth in the seventh day; therefore hath Jehovah blessed the Sabbath-day, and doth sanctify it.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and everything in them, and he took his rest on the seventh day: for this reason the Lord has given his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, and he rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 2:2-3 : 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. 3 And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on it He had rested from all His work which God created and made.
  • Exod 31:17 : 17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
  • Gen 1:1-2 : 1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 And the earth was formless and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved over the surface of the waters.
  • Mark 2:27-28 : 27 And he said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. 28 Therefore, the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath.
  • Acts 20:7 : 7 Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached to them, ready to depart the next day, and continued his message until midnight.
  • Gen 1:28 : 28 And God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.
  • Ps 95:4-7 : 4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also. 5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land. 6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker. 7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today if you will hear his voice,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 2:1-4
    4 verses
    86%

    1Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their host.

    2And 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.

    3And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on it He had rested from all His work which God created and made.

    4These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

  • Exod 31:13-17
    5 verses
    84%

    13Speak also to the children of Israel, saying, Truly my Sabbaths you shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

    14You shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy to you: everyone who defiles it shall surely be put to death: for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.

    15Six days may work be done; but the seventh is a Sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

    16Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, as a perpetual covenant.

    17It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

  • Exod 20:7-10
    4 verses
    84%

    7You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.

    8Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

    9Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

    10but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor the stranger who is within your gates.

  • Lev 23:3
    79%

    3Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, a holy gathering; you shall do no work in it; it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.

  • Deut 5:11-15
    5 verses
    79%

    11You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

    12Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD your God has commanded you.

    13Six days you shall labor, and do all your work:

    14But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD your God: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates; that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.

    15And remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out from there through a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day.

  • Exod 34:21
    79%

    21Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.

  • Heb 4:4
    78%

    4For he spoke in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: "And God rested the seventh day from all his works."

  • Exod 16:29-30
    2 verses
    78%

    29See, the LORD has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day bread for two days. Let every man remain in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.

    30So the people rested on the seventh day.

  • Exod 35:2
    77%

    2Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.

  • Exod 20:12
    75%

    12Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.

  • Exod 23:12
    75%

    12Six days you shall work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your maidservant and the foreigner may be refreshed.

  • Deut 16:8
    74%

    8Six days you shall eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD your God: you shall do no work in it.

  • Ezek 20:20
    73%

    20And hallow my sabbaths, and they shall be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.

  • Ps 146:6
    72%

    6Who made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever:

  • Heb 4:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.

    10For he who has entered into his rest has also ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

  • Gen 1:31
    72%

    31And God saw everything that He had made, and they were very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

  • Jer 17:22
    72%

    22Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do any work, but hallow the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.

  • Ezek 20:12
    71%

    12Moreover I also gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

  • Lev 26:2
    71%

    2You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.

  • Exod 16:26
    71%

    26Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none.

  • Ps 95:5
    71%

    5The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.

  • Mark 2:27
    71%

    27And he said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

  • Exod 20:4
    71%

    4You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

  • Lev 19:30
    70%

    30You shall keep my sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.

  • Num 28:25
    70%

    25And on the seventh day you shall have a holy assembly; you shall do no servile work.

  • Lev 23:31
    70%

    31You shall do no manner of work; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

  • Deut 16:15
    70%

    15Seven days you shall keep a solemn feast to the LORD your God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD your God shall bless you in all your increase, and in all the works of your hands, therefore you shall surely rejoice.

  • Lev 25:2
    69%

    2Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When you come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath to the LORD.

  • Ps 115:15
    69%

    15You are blessed by the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

  • Ps 33:6
    69%

    6By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.