Genesis 2:3 — Compare Translations

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And God blessed (spoke good of) the seventh day, set it apart as His own, and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all His work which He had created and done. [Exod. 20:11.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And God blessed (spoke good of) the seventh day, set it apart as His own, and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all His work which He had created and done. [Exod. 20:11.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, for on it he rested from all his work of creation.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it, because that on it he rested from all his work which God had created in making it.

English EASY 2024

God blessed the seventh day. He made it a special day, because he had finished making everything. He did not work on that day.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

God blessed the seventh day and made it a holy day. He made it special because on that day he rested from all the work he did while creating the world.

So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

He blessed the seventh day and set it apart as a special day, because by that day he had completed his creation and stopped working.

English God's Word - GW 1995

And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from his work of creation.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, for on it He rested from His work of creation.

English KJV 1611

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

English LSB

Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on it He rested from all His work which God had created in making it.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it He had rested from all His work which He had created and made.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work he had done in creation.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

God blessed the seventh day and made it holy because on it he ceased all the work that he had been doing in creation.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

God blessed the seventh day and made it holy. He rested on it. After he had created everything, he rested from all of the work he had done.

English NIV

And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

English NKJ 1982

Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

English NLT

And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from his work of creation.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

So God blessed the seventh day and made it sacred, because on it, he paused to rest from all his work of creation.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all his work which he had done in creation.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

and God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he ceased this work of creation.

English Tyndale 1537

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it, for in it he rested from all his works which he had created and made.