Exodus 31:16 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 31:16

14 ^aYou shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who¹ profanes it shall surely be put to death; for ^bwhoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.

15 Work shall be done for ^asix days, but the ^bseventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

16 Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.

17 It is ^aa sign between Me and the children of Israel forever; for ^bin six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’ ”

18 And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses ^atwo tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.

Verse Comparison: Exodus 31:16

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American Standard Version
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

Amplified® Bible
Wherefore the Israelites shall keep the Sabbath to observe it throughout their generations, a perpetual covenant.

Contemporary English Version
Every generation of Israelites must respect the Sabbath.

Darby English Version
And the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations -- [it is] an everlasting covenant.

Good News Bible
The people of Israel are to keep this day as a sign of the covenant.

King James Version
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

New American Standard Bible
`So the sons of Israel shall observe the sabbath, to celebrate the sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.'

New International Version
The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it for the generations to come as a lasting covenant.

New King James Version
Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
'So the sons of Israel shall observe the sabbath, to celebrate the sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.'

Revised Standard Version
Therefore the people of Israel shall keep the sabbath, observing the sabbath throughout their generations, as a perpetual covenant.

Young's Literal Translation
and the sons of Israel have observed the sabbath; to keep the sabbath to their generations `is' a covenant age-during,

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