Parallel Verses

American Standard 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.’

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

The Israelites must observe the Sabbath, celebrating it throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.

International Standard Version

The Israelis are to keep the Sabbath to make the Sabbath observance a perpetual covenant from generation to generation.

A Conservative Version

Therefore the sons of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

Amplified

So the Israelites shall observe the Sabbath, to celebrate the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.’

Bible in Basic English

And the children of Israel are to keep the Sabbath holy, from generation to generation, by an eternal agreement.

Darby Translation

And the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations it is an everlasting covenant.

Julia Smith Translation

And the sons of Israel shall watch the Sabbath to do the Sabbath for their generation, a covenant forever.

King James 2000

Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The {Israelites} will pay attention to the Sabbath [in order] to fulfill the Sabbath throughout their generations [as] a lasting covenant.

Modern King James verseion

Therefore the sons of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for an everlasting covenant.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Wherefore let the children of Israel keep the Sabbath, that they observe it throughout their generations, that it be an covenant forever.

NET Bible

The Israelites must keep the Sabbath by observing the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Therefore shall the sons of Israel keep the sabbath, - by making it a Day of Rest to your generations, as an age-abiding covenant:

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

and the sons of Israel have observed the sabbath; to keep the sabbath to their generations is a covenant age-during,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
of Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

שׁמר 
Shamar 
Usage: 468

the sabbath
שׁבּת 
Shabbath 
שׁבּת 
Shabbath 
Usage: 111
Usage: 111

דּר דּור 
Dowr 
Usage: 167

עלם עולם 
`owlam 
Usage: 438

References

Easton

Smith

Context Readings

Provision Of Rest From Work

15 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work on 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 Jehovah made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.


Cross References

Genesis 9:13

I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

Genesis 17:11

And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant betwixt me and you.

Jeremiah 50:5

They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces thitherward,'saying , Come ye, and join yourselves to Jehovah in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.

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