Exodus 31:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Exodus 31:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Exodus 31:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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Exodus 31:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.’””
Exodus 31:17 — World English Bible
Exodus 31:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Exodus 31:17 — American Standard Version
Exodus 31:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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.'”
Exodus 31:17 — Young's Literal Translation
Exodus 31:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“It shall be a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever; for [in] six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. ”
Exodus 31:17 — Darby Translation
Exodus 31:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“It is a signe betweene me and the children of Israel for euer: for in sixe dayes the Lord made the heauen and the earth, and in the seuenth day he ceased, and rested.”
Exodus 31:17 — Geneva Bible
Exodus 31:17 in Context — Exodus 31
15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
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.
18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
What Does Exodus 31:17 Mean?
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