Deuteronomy 5:12

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.”

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BSBPD

“Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`Observe the day of the sabbath--to sanctify it, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 5:12 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 16:30So the people rested on the seventh day.
  2. Exodus 20:8Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
  3. Isaiah 56:6And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants— all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant—
  4. Isaiah 58:13If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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