Exodus 31:17 “It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days th…”

Exodus 31:17

It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

World English Bible

It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.’”

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

It is a signe betweene me and the children of Israel for euer: for in sixe dayes the Lord made the heauen and the earth, and in the seuenth day he ceased, and rested.

Darby Translation

It shall be a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever; for [in] six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

Young's Literal Translation

between Me and the sons of Israel it [is] a sign — to the age; for six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, and in the seventh day He hath ceased, and is refreshed.'

Bible in Basic English

It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever; because in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he took his rest and had pleasure in it.

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Cross references

“a sign”

Exodus 31:13 Ezekiel 20:12 Ezekiel 20:20

Exodus 31:13 · BSB

“Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

Ezekiel 20:12 · BSB

I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

Ezekiel 20:20 · BSB

Keep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’

“six days”

Genesis 1:31 Hebrews 4:10 Genesis 2:2 Genesis 2:3 Hebrews 4:3 Hebrews 4:4

Genesis 1:31 · BSB

And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

Hebrews 4:10 · BSB

For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.

Genesis 2:2 · BSB

And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.

Genesis 2:3 · BSB

Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.

Hebrews 4:3 · BSB

Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of th…

Hebrews 4:4 · BSB

For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”

“and was refreshed”

Psalm 104:31 Jeremiah 32:41 Job 38:7

Psalm 104:31 · BSB

May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in His works.

Jeremiah 32:41 · BSB

Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.

Job 38:7 · BSB

while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16The Israelites must keep the Sabbath, celebrating it as a permanent covenant for the generations to come.

18When the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.

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