Exodus 20:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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 · Public Domain“for six days hath Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that <FI>is<Fi> in them, and resteth in the seventh day; therefore hath Jehovah blessed the Sabbath-day, and doth sanctify it.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 20:11 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
- Genesis 1:28God 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.”
- Genesis 1:31And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
- Genesis 2:2And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
- Exodus 31:17It 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.’”
- Psalms 95:4In His hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to Him.
- Mark 2:27Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
- Acts 20:7On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.
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