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Bible in Basic English
And keep my Sabbaths holy; and they will be a sign between me and you so that it may be clear to you that I am the Lord your God.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.
Holman Bible
Keep My Sabbaths holy,
International Standard Version
You are to make my Sabbaths holy, and you are to let them serve as a sign between you and me, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.'"
A Conservative Version
and hallow my Sabbaths, and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am LORD your God.
American Standard Version
and hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.
Amplified
Sanctify My Sabbaths and keep them holy; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that you may know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord your God.’
Darby Translation
and hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.
Julia Smith Translation
And consecrate my Sabbaths; and they were for a sign between me and between you to know that I am Jehovah your God.
King James 2000
And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And treat my Sabbaths as holy, and they will be a sign between me and between you {that you may know} that I, Yahweh, [am] your God.'
Modern King James verseion
and keep My sabbaths holy; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am Jehovah your God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
hallow my Sabbaths: for they are a token betwixt me and you, that ye may know how that I am the LORD.'
NET Bible
Treat my Sabbaths as holy and they will be a reminder of our relationship, and then you will know that I am the Lord your God."
New Heart English Bible
and make my Sabbaths holy; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.'
The Emphasized Bible
My sabbaths also, hallow ye, - And they shall become a sign betwixt me and you, That it may be known that I Yahweh am your God.
Webster
And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.
World English Bible
and make my Sabbaths holy; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am Yahweh your God.
Youngs Literal Translation
And My sabbaths sanctify, And they have been for a sign between Me and you, To know that I, Jehovah, am your God.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 20:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Dealings With Israel For His Name's Sake
19 I am the Lord your God; be guided by my rules and keep my orders and do them: 20 And keep my Sabbaths holy; and they will be a sign between me and you so that it may be clear to you that I am the Lord your God. 21 But the children would not be controlled by me; they were not guided by my rules, and they did not keep and do my orders, which, if a man does them, will be life to him; and they had no respect for my Sabbaths: then I said I would let loose my passion on them to give full effect to my wrath against them in the waste land.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 17:22
And take no weight out of your houses on the Sabbath day, or do any work, but keep the Sabbath day holy, as I gave orders to your fathers;
Ezekiel 20:12
And further, I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, so that it might be clear that I, who make them holy, am the Lord.
Exodus 20:11
For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and everything in them, and he took his rest on the seventh day: for this reason the Lord has given his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy.
Exodus 31:13-17
Say to the children of Israel that they are to keep my Sabbaths; for the Sabbath day is a sign between me and you through all your generations; so that you may see that I am the Lord who makes you holy.
Nehemiah 13:15-22
In those days, I saw in Judah some who were crushing grapes on the Sabbath, and getting in grain and putting it on asses; as well as wine and grapes and figs and all sorts of goods which they took into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: and I gave witness against them on the day when they were marketing food.
Isaiah 58:13
If you keep the Sabbath with care, not doing your business on my holy day; and if the Sabbath seems to you a delight, and the new moon of the Lord a thing to be honoured; and if you give respect to him by not doing your business, or going after your pleasure, or saying unholy words;
Jeremiah 17:24
And it will be, that if with all care you give ear to me, says the Lord, and take no weight through the doorways of this town on the Sabbath day, but keep the Sabbath day holy and do no work in it;
Jeremiah 17:27
But if you do not give ear to me, to keep the Sabbath day holy, and to let no weight be lifted and taken through the doors of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: then I will put a fire in its doorways, burning up the great houses of Jerusalem, and it will never be put out.
Ezekiel 44:24
In any cause, they are to be in the position of judges, judging in harmony with my decisions: they are to keep my laws and my rules in all my fixed feasts; and they are to keep my Sabbaths holy.