Genesis 2:2
Modern Translations
New International Version
By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.

New Living Translation
On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested from all his work.

English Standard Version
And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.

Berean Study Bible
And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.

New American Standard Bible
By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

NASB 1995
By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

NASB 1977
And by the seventh day God completed His work which He had done; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

Amplified Bible
And by the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested (ceased) on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

Christian Standard Bible
On the seventh day God had completed his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
By the seventh day God completed His work that He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work that He had done.

Contemporary English Version
By the seventh day God had finished his work, and so he rested.

Good News Translation
By the seventh day God finished what he had been doing and stopped working.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing. On the seventh day he stopped the work he had been doing.

International Standard Version
By the seventh day God had completed the work he had been doing, so on the seventh day he stopped working on everything that he had done.

NET Bible
By the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing, and he ceased on the seventh day all the work that he had been doing.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

New King James Version
And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

King James 2000 Bible
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

New Heart English Bible
And on the sixth day God finished his works which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his works which he had made.

World English Bible
On the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

American King James Version
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

American Standard Version
And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

A Faithful Version
And by the beginning of the seventh day God finished His work which He had made. And He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.

Darby Bible Translation
And God had finished on the seventh day his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

English Revised Version
And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

Webster's Bible Translation
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
For in the seuenth day GOD ended his worke which he had made, and the seuenth day he rested from al his worke, which he had made.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And in the seuenth day God ended his worke whiche he had made. And the seueth day he rested from all his worke which he had made.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
and thus in the seuenth daye God ended his worke, which he had made, & rested in the seuenth daye from all his workes which he had made:

Tyndale Bible of 1526
ad i ye seueth daye god ended hys worke which he had made and rested in ye seventh daye fro all his workes which he had made.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and God completes by the seventh day His work which He has made, and ceases by the seventh day from all His work which He has made.

Young's Literal Translation
and God completeth by the seventh day His work which He hath made, and ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work which He hath made.

Smith's Literal Translation
And God will complete in the seventh day his work which he made, and he will rest in the seventh day from all his work which he made.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made: and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And on the seventh day, God fulfilled his work, which he had made. And on the seventh day he rested from all his work, which he had accomplished.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And in the sixth day, God finished his works that he made, and he was refreshed in the seventh day from all his works that he had made.

Lamsa Bible
And on the sixth day God, finished his works which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his works which he had made.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And on the seventh day God finished His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And God finished on the sixth day his works which he made, and he ceased on the seventh day from all his works which he made.
















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