The Ten Commandments

Deuteronomy 5:13

In 11 translations

BSB: Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
KJV: Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
WEB: You shall labor six days, and do all your work;
ASV: Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;
LSV: six days you labor and have done all your work,
YLT: six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work,
DBY: Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work;
DRC: Six days shalt thou labour, and shalt do all thy works.
GNV: Sixe dayes thou shalt labour, and shalt doe all thy worke:
JPS: Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work;
LXXE: Six days thou shalt work, and thou shalt do all thy works;

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (7)

alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads שֵׁ֣שֶׁת; Leningrad Codex reads שֵׁ֤֣שֶׁת (“six”).
alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads יָמִ֣ים; Leningrad Codex reads יָמִ֣ים֙ (“days”).
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia reads תַּֽעֲבֹ֔ד֮; Leningrad Codex reads תַּֽעֲבֹ֔ד֮ (“you will labor”).
alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads תַּֽעֲבֹד֮; Leningrad Codex reads תַּֽעֲבֹ֔ד֮ (“you will labor”).
alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads וְעָשִׂ֣יתָ; Leningrad Codex reads וְעָשִׂ֖֣יתָ (“and you will do”).
alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads כָֿל־; Leningrad Codex reads כָּֿל־ (“all”).
alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads מְלַאכְתֶּךָ֒׃; Leningrad Codex reads מְלַאכְתֶּֽךָ֒׃ (“work your”).

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Original-language editions

WLC: שֵׁ֤שֶׁת יָמִים֙ תַּֽעֲבֹ֔ד וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ כָּל־מְלַאכְתֶּֽךָ׃שֵׁ֤שֶׁתשֵׁ֣שֶׁתיָמִים֙יָמִ֣יםתַּֽעֲבֹ֔דתַּֽעֲבֹד֮וְ/עָשִׂ֖יתָוְ/עָשִׂ֣יתָכָּלכָֿלמְלַאכְתֶּֽ/ךָמְלַאכְתֶּ/ךָ֒
LXX-Br: Ἓξ ἡμέρας ἐργᾷ καὶ ποιήσεις πάντα τὰ ἔργα σου·

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Sabbath Moses Table Masters Industry Decalogue Ethics Agriculture Hard; Hardiness; Harddiness; Hardly Ten Commandments, The

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Ezekiel 20:12I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
Luke 23:56Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.
Exodus 23:12For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.
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