The Ten Commandments
Exodus 20:8
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
- KJV
- Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
- WEB
- “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
- ASV
- Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
- LSV
- Remember the Sabbath day to sanctify it;
- YLT
- 'Remember the Sabbath-day to sanctify it;
- DBY
- Remember the sabbath day to hallow it.
- DRC
- Remember that thou keep holy the sabbath day.
- GNV
- Remember the Sabbath day, to keepe it holy.
- JPS
- Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
- LXXE
- Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (4)
- alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads זָכוֹר֩; Leningrad Codex reads זָכ֛וֹר֩ (“remember”).
- alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads י֨וֹם; Leningrad Codex reads י֥֨וֹם (“[the] day of”).
- alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads הַשַּׁבָּ֨ת; Leningrad Codex reads הַשַּׁבָּ֖֜ת (“the sabbath”).
- alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads לְקַדְּשׁ֗וֹ׃; Leningrad Codex reads לְקַדְּשֽׁ֗וֹ׃ (“to set apart as holy it”).
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
- זָכ֛וֹר אֶת־י֥וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֖ת לְקַדְּשֽׁוֹ׃זָכ֛וֹרזָכוֹר֩י֥וֹםי֨וֹםהַ/שַּׁבָּ֖תהַ/שַּׁבָּ֨תלְ/קַדְּשֽׁ/וֹלְ/קַדְּשׁ֗/וֹBHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.
- LXX-Br
- Μνήσθητι τὴν ἡμέραν τῶν σαββάτων ἁγιάζειν αὐτήν.
Who and where
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
DecalogueSabbathCommandments, the TenAmramHammurabi, Code ofSinaiCovenant, Book of theFestivals, ReligiousHallow; HallowedTable
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Part of
Cross-references most cited first
- Leviticus 26:2You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 19:3Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
- Exodus 31:13–16“Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you. Keep the Sabbath, for it is…
- Genesis 2:3Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.
- Leviticus 23:3For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.
- Leviticus 19:30You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.
- Exodus 23:12For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.
- Exodus 16:23–30He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and…
- Isaiah 56:4–6For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant— I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that…
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).