Exodus 31:16

The Sign of the Sabbath

15For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.16The Israelites must keep the Sabbath, celebrating it as a permanent covenant for the generations to come.17It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”

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Berean Standard Bible
The Israelites must keep the Sabbath, celebrating it as a permanent covenant for the generations to come.
American Standard Version (1901)
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
Bible in Basic English
And the children of Israel are to keep the Sabbath holy, from generation to generation, by an eternal agreement.
Douay-Rheims 1899
Let the children of Israel keep the sabbath, and celebrate it in their generations. It is an everlasting covenant
Free Bible Version
The Israelites must keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath as an everlasting agreement for generations to come.
Geneva Bible 1599
Wherfore the children of Israel shall keepe the Sabbath, that they may obserue the rest throughout their generations for an euerlasting couenant.
King James (Authorized) Version
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
One Unity Resource Bible
Therefore the children of Israel [God prevails] shall keep the Sabbath ·To cease·, to observe the Sabbath ·To cease· throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant ·binding contract between two or more parties·.
Translation for Translators
You Israeli people must respect the rest day, and you and your descendants must ◄celebrate it/keep it holy► throughout all future generations. It will remind you of the agreement that I have made with you that will last forever.
Unlocked Literal Bible
Therefore the Israelites must keep the Sabbath. They must observe it throughout their people's generations as a permanent law.
Noah Webster Bible
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
World English Bible
Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
Young's Literal Translation
and the sons of Israel have observed the sabbath; to keep the sabbath to their generations [is] a covenant age-during,