Parallel Verses
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.
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
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
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.
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 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.
Themes
Anthropomorphisms » Miscellaneous acts and states of mind attributed to » Resting
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » As lord of the sabbath
Creation » God rested from, on the seventh day
Jesus Christ » Divinity of » Lord of the sabbath
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Seven days
Sabbath » General references to
Sabbath » What day the sabbath falls upon
Sabbath » Religious usages on the
Sabbath » Signifying a period of rest
The sabbath » God » Sanctified
The sabbath » Grounds of its institution
The sabbath » Instituted by God
Sanctification » What is sanctified
Seven » Certainties, seven that face the unrepentant sinner » Days
Topics
Interlinear
'elohiym
Barak
Yowm
M@la'kah
'elohiym
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 2:3
Prayers for Genesis 2:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Creation
2 And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made. And He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He had rested from all His work which God created to make. 4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created in the day that Jehovah God made the earth and the heavens.
Cross References
Leviticus 23:3
Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, a holy convocation. You shall not do any work. It is a sabbath to Jehovah in all your dwellings.
Mark 2:27
And He said to them, The sabbath came into being for man's sake, and not man for the sabbath's sake.
Exodus 16:22-30
And it happened, on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one. And all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
Exodus 20:8-11
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exodus 23:12
You shall do your work six days, and on the seventh day you shall rest, so that your ox and your ass may rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
Exodus 31:13-17
Speak also to the sons of Israel, saying, Truly you shall keep My sabbaths. For it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, to know that I am Jehovah who sanctifies you.
Exodus 34:21
You shall work six days, but on the seventh day you shall rest. In plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.
Exodus 35:2-3
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to Jehovah. Whoever does work in it shall be put to death.
Leviticus 25:2-3
Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath to Jehovah.
Deuteronomy 5:12-14
Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as Jehovah your God has commanded you.
Nehemiah 9:14
And You made known to them Your holy sabbath, and commanded them commandments, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses Your servant.
Nehemiah 13:15-22
In those days I saw in Judah some treading winepresses on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and loading asses and also wine, grapes, and figs, and all kinds of burdens which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. And I testified against them in the day in which they sold food.
Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of Jehovah itself makes rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.
Isaiah 56:2-7
Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who lays hold on it; keeping the sabbath, from defiling it; and keeping his hand from doing any evil.
Isaiah 58:13-14
If you turn your foot because of the Sabbath, from doing what you please on My holy days, and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of Jehovah, honorable; and shall honor Him, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words,
Jeremiah 17:21-27
So says Jehovah, Take heed to yourselves, and carry no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 20:12
And also I gave them My sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am Jehovah who sets them apart.
Luke 23:56
And they returned and they prepared spices and ointment. And they rested on the sabbath day according to the commandment.
Hebrews 4:4-10
For He spoke in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: "And God rested the seventh day from all His works."