Exodus 31:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.’””
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“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.’””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“between Me and the sons of Israel it <FI>is<Fi> a sign--to the age; for six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, and in the seventh day He hath ceased, and is refreshed.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 31:17 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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 31:13“Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
- Job 38:7while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
- Psalms 104:31May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in His works.
- Jeremiah 32:41Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.
- Ezekiel 20:12I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
- Ezekiel 20:20Keep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’
- Hebrews 4:3Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.
- Hebrews 4:10For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.
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