Exodus 31:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ It is a sign forever between me and the Israelites that in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.’ ”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the Lord made the heavens and earth, and on the seventh day He ceased and was refreshed.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ It is a sign forever between me and the Israelites that in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day the LORD rested and was refreshed.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ between me and the sons of Israel, and a perpetual sign. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and in the seventh he ceased from work."

Exodus 31:17 Cross References

Exodus 31:13

“You yourself are to speak to the Israelites, ‘You shall surely keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, given in order that you may know that I, the Lord, sanctify you.

Genesis 1:31

God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Ezekiel 20:12

Moreover, I gave them my Sabbaths, as a sign between me and them, so that they might know that I the Lord sanctify them.

Hebrews 4:10

for those who enter God’s rest also rest from their labors as God did from his.

Ezekiel 20:20

and hallow my Sabbaths that they may be a sign between me and you, so that you may know that I the Lord am your God.”

Jeremiah 32:41

I will rejoice in doing good to them, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.

Psalm 104:31

May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in his works—

Job 38:7

when the morning stars sang together and all the heavenly beings shouted for joy?

Exodus 20:11

For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and consecrated it.

Exodus 31:16

Therefore the Israelites shall keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath throughout their generations, as a perpetual covenant.

Isaiah 58:13

If you refrain from trampling the Sabbath, from pursuing your own interests on my holy day; if you call the Sabbath a delight and the holy day of the Lord honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, serving your own interests or pursuing your own affairs;