King James Version

Exodus 16:30

So the people rested on the seventh day.

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וַיִּשְׁבְּת֥וּvayishbetvand ceaseשָׁבַתconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and cease”, the next action in the storyH7673to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)(cause to, let, make to) cease, celebrate, cause (make) to fail, keep (sabbath), suffer to be lacking, leave, put away (down), (make to) rest, rid, still, take away.הָעָ֖םhaamthe peopleעַםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the people”, the ordinary formH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.בַּיּ֥וֹםbayomin as long asיוֹםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…הַשְּׁבִעִֽיhashviithe seventhשְׁבִיעִיdefinite article, adjective, ordinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “the seventh”, the ordinary formH7637seventhseventh (time).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

So the people rested on the seventh day.

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American Standard Version (1901)

So the people rested on the seventh day.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the people rest on the seventh day,

World English Bible

So the people rested on the seventh day.

Darby Translation

And the people rested on the seventh day.

Douay-Rheims

And the people kept the sabbath on the seventh day.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

So the people rested on the seventh day.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the people kept sabbath on the seventh day.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐσαββάτισεν ὁ λαὸς τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ.

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Young’s Literal Translation

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Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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