Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God stopped working on everything that he had been creating.

New American Standard Bible

Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, for on it He rested from His work of creation.

A Conservative Version

And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it, because in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made.

American Standard Version

And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made.

Amplified

So God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it [as His own, that is, set it apart as holy from other days], because in it He rested from all His work which He had created and done.

Bible in Basic English

And God gave his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy: because on that day he took his rest from all the work which he had made and done.

Darby Translation

And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it, because that on it he rested from all his work which God had created in making it.

Julia Smith Translation

And God will praise the seventh day, and will consecrate it, because in it he ceased from all his works which God formed to make.

King James 2000

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And God blessed the seventh day, and he sanctified it, because on it he rested from all his work {of creating that [there was] to do}.

Modern King James verseion

And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He had rested from all His work which God created to make.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it; for in it he rested from all his works which he had created and made.

NET Bible

God blessed the seventh day and made it holy because on it he ceased all the work that he had been doing in creation.

New Heart English Bible

God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work which he had created and made.

The Emphasized Bible

And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it, - because therein, rested he from all his work which God, by creating, had made.

Webster

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.

World English Bible

God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work which he had created and made.

Youngs Literal Translation

And God blesseth the seventh day, and sanctifieth it, for in it He hath ceased from all His work which God had prepared for making.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

the seventh
שׁבעי שׁביעי 
Sh@biy`iy 
Usage: 98

day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

קדשׁ 
Qadash 
Usage: 171

that in it he had rested
שׁבת 
Shabath 
Usage: 71

מלאכה 
M@la'kah 
Usage: 167

אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

בּרא 
Bara' 
Usage: 54

References

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Images Genesis 2:3

Prayers for Genesis 2:3

Context Readings

The Creation

2 By the seventh day God had completed the work he had been doing, so on the seventh day he stopped working on everything that he had done. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God stopped working on everything that he had been creating. 4 These are the records of the universe at its creation. Onthe day that the LORD God made the earth and skies,



Cross References

Leviticus 23:3

Six days you may work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, a sacred assembly. You are not to do any work. It's a Sabbath to the LORD wherever you live.

Mark 2:27

Then he told them, "The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath.

Exodus 16:22-30

On the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, about two omers per person. Then all the leaders of the congregation came and reported to Moses,

Exodus 20:8-11

"Remember the Sabbath day, maintaining its holiness.

Exodus 23:12

You are to do your work for six days, but on the seventh day you are to refrain from work so that your ox and donkey may rest, and so the son of your maidservant and the alien may be refreshed.

Exodus 31:13-17

"You are to tell the Israelis: "You are to certainly observe my Sabbaths because it's a sign between me and you from generation to generation, so you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

Exodus 34:21

"For six days you are to work, but on the seventh day you are to rest; even during plowing time and harvest you are to rest.

Exodus 35:2-3

For six days work is to be done, but on the seventh day you are to have a holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest in dedication to the LORD. Anyone who does work on that day is to be executed.

Leviticus 25:2-3

"Tell the Israelis that when you enter the land that I'm about to give you, you are to let the land observe a Sabbath to the LORD.

Deuteronomy 5:12-14

""Observe the Sabbath day, maintaining its holiness, just as the LORD your God commanded.

Nehemiah 9:14

You revealed to them your holy Sabbath, and you mandated precepts, statutes, and laws through Moses your servant.

Nehemiah 13:15-22

At that time I saw in Judah some who were treading wine presses on the Sabbath, bringing in sacks of grain, loading them onto donkeys, along with wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of loads. They brought them into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I rebuked them on the day on which they were selling food.

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of the LORD establishes wealth, and difficulty does not accompany it.

Isaiah 56:2-7

Blessed is the one who does this, and the person that holds it fast, who observes the Sabbath without profaning it, and restrains his hands from practicing any evil.

Isaiah 58:13-14

"If you keep your feet from trampling the Sabbath, from pursuing your own interests on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD's holy day honorable; and if you honor it by not going your own ways and seeking your own pleasure or speaking merely idle words,

Jeremiah 17:21-27

This is what the LORD says: "Be careful! On the Sabbath day, don't carry any load or bring anything through the gates of Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 20:12

Also, I instituted my Sabbath for them as a sign between me and them, so they would know that I am the LORD, who has set them apart."

Luke 23:56

Then they went back and prepared spices and perfumes, and on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

Hebrews 4:4-10

even though his actions had been finished since the creation of the world. Somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day as follows: "On the seventh day God rested from all his actions,"

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