The Ten Commandments
Deuteronomy 5:12
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.
- KJV
- Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.
- WEB
- “Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Yahweh your God commanded you.
- ASV
- Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee.
- LSV
- Observe the Sabbath day to sanctify it, as your God YHWH has commanded you;
- YLT
- 'Observe the day of the sabbath — to sanctify it, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee;
- DBY
- Keep the sabbath day to hallow it, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee.Elohim
- DRC
- Observe the day of the sabbath, to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee.
- GNV
- Keepe the Sabbath day, to sanctifie it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee.
- JPS
- Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the LORD thy God commanded thee.
- LXXE
- Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God commanded thee.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (7)
- alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads שָׁמ֣וֹר; Leningrad Codex reads שָׁמ֣֛וֹר (“keep”).
- alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads יוֹם֩; Leningrad Codex reads י֥וֹם֩ (“[the] day of”).
- alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads הַשַׁבָּ֨ת; Leningrad Codex reads הַשַּׁבָּ֖֨ת (“the sabbath”).
- alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads לְקַדְּשׁ֜וֹ; Leningrad Codex reads לְקַדְּשׁ֑֜וֹ (“to set apart as holy it”).
- alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads צִוְּךָ֣׀; Leningrad Codex reads צִוְּךָ֖֣׀ (“he commanded you”).
- alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads יְהוָ֣ה; Leningrad Codex reads יְהוָ֥֣ה (“Yahweh”).
- alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ׃; Leningrad Codex reads אֱלֹהֶֽ֗יךָ׃ (“God your”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- שָׁמ֛וֹר אֶת־י֥וֹם הַשַׁבָּ֖ת לְקַדְּשׁ֑וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוְּךָ֖ יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃שָׁמ֛וֹרשָׁמ֣וֹרי֥וֹםיוֹם֩הַ/שַׁבָּ֖תהַ/שַׁבָּ֨תMarks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.Marks an anomalous form.We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.לְ/קַדְּשׁ֑/וֹלְ/קַדְּשׁ֜/וֹצִוְּ/ךָ֖צִוְּ/ךָ֣׀יְהוָ֥היְהוָ֣האֱלֹהֶֽי/ךָאֱלֹהֶ֗י/ךָWe agree with both BHS 1997 and BHQ on an unexpected reading.
- LXX-Br
- Φύλαξαι τὴν ἡμέραν τῶν σαββάτων ἁγιάζειν αὐτὴν, ὃν τρόπον ἐνετείλατό σοι Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου.
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
SabbathMosesTableMastersDecalogueEthicsHard; Hardiness; Harddiness; HardlyTen Commandments, TheArk of the CovenantSanitation
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Cross-references most cited first
- Exodus 20:8–11Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or…
- Isaiah 58:13If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your…
- Isaiah 56:6And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants— all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant—
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