Exodus 31:14 — compare English translations
Compare translationsExodus 31:14 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙
shâmar
H8104
to keep
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הַשַּׁבָּ֔ת
shabbâth
H7676
Sabbath
כִּ֛י
kîy
H3588
that
קֹ֥דֶשׁ
qôdesh
H6944
holiness
הִ֖וא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
לָכֶ֑ם
מְחַֽלְלֶ֨יהָ֙
châlal
H2490
to profane
מ֣וֹת
mûwth
H4191
to die
יוּמָ֔ת
mûwth
H4191
to die
כִּ֗י
kîy
H3588
that
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
הָעֹשֶׂ֥ה
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
בָהּ֙
מְלָאכָ֔ה
mᵉlâʼkâh
H4399
work
וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה
kârath
H3772
to cut
הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ
nephesh
H5315
soul
הַהִ֖וא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
מִקֶּ֥רֶב
qereb
H7130
midst
עַמֶּֽיהָ
ʻam
H5971
people
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World English Bible Public Domain
You shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
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King James Version Public Domain
Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And you shall keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you.’ The profaner of it shall surely be put to death, for every worker of work on it, that person shall be cut off from his people.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).