16The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it for the generations to come as a lasting covenant.


In Context

13 "Say to the Israelites, 'You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the Lord , who makes you holy.

14 " 'Observe the Sabbath, because it is holy to you. Anyone who desecrates it must be put to death; whoever does any work on that day must be cut off from his people.

15 For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord . Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must be put to death.

16 The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it for the generations to come as a lasting covenant.

17 It will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he abstained from work and rested.' "

18 When the Lord finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, the tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.

Exodus 31:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:16Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, [for] a perpetual covenant.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

31:16Let the children of Israel keep the sabbath, and celebrate it in their generations. It is an everlasting covenant

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

31:16Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:16And the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations it is an everlasting covenant.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

31:16Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:16Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:16Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

31:16and the sons of Israel have observed the sabbath; to keep the sabbath to their generations is a covenant age-during,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:16Why the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.