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


In Context

13 |Speak also to the children of Israel, saying, 'Most certainly you shall keep my Sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies you.

14 You shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

15 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Yahweh. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death.

16 Therefore 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 forever; for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.'|

18 He gave to Moses, when he finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, stone tablets, written with God's finger.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

31:16The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it for the generations to come as a lasting 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 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.