Verse Comparison: Exodus 31:16
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,