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Exodus 20:11

American Standard Version

for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

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Exodus 20:11 in other translations

for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.

Exodus 20:11 · World English Bible

Exodus 20:11 in context

  1. 9Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;
  2. 10but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
  3. 11for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
  4. 12Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
  5. 13Thou shalt not kill.