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Exodus 20:11

World English Bible

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.

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Exodus 20:11 in other translations

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.

Exodus 20:11 · American Standard Version

Exodus 20:11 in context

  1. 9You shall labor six days, and do all your work,
  2. 10but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;
  3. 11for 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.
  4. 12“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
  5. 13“You shall not murder.