Exodus 31:17
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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.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.’”
In other translations
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.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.’”
Hebrew words
בֵּינִיbeinibetween meH996וּבֵיןuveinand betweenH996בְּנֵיbenei[the] people ofH1121יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478אוֹת'ot[is] a signH226הִואhi'itH1931לְעֹלָםle'olamfor everH5769כִּי־ki-forH3588שֵׁשֶׁתsheshetsixH8337יָמִיםyamimdaysH3117עָשָׂה'asahhe madeH6213יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַשָּׁמַיִםhashamayimthe heavensH8064וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853הָאָרֶץha'aretzthe earthH776וּבַיּוֹםuvaiyomand on the dayH3117הַשְּׁבִיעִיhashevi'i<the> seventhH7637שָׁבַתshavathe restedH7673וַיִּנָּפַשׁ׃ סvaiyinafashand he refreshed himselfH5314
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Exodus 31:13Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.“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.
- Genesis 1:31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.And 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 2:2-32 And on the seventh day God ended 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 that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.2 And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.
- Ezekiel 20:12Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them.I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
- Hebrews 4:10For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.
- Ezekiel 20:20And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God.Keep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’
- Hebrews 4:3-43 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.3 Now 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. 4 For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”
- Psalm 104:31The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in His works.
- Jeremiah 32:41Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.Yes, 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.
- Job 38:7When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
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