King James Version
Exodus 20:8 in the King James Version says “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.”
Exodus 20:8 · KJV
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Remember”
H2142properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e., to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“day”
H3117a 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 asso
“to keep it holy”
H6942to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
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