The Ten Commandments

Exodus 20:10

In 11 translations

BSB: but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.
KJV: 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:
WEB: but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;
ASV: but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
LSV: and the seventh day [is] a Sabbath to your God YHWH; you do not do any work, you, and your son, and your daughter, your manservant, and your handmaid, and your livestock, and your sojourner who is within your gates—
YLT: and the seventh day [is] a Sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thy cattle, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, —
DBY: but the seventh day is the sabbath of Jehovah thy God: thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy bondman, nor thy handmaid, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates.Elohim
DRC: But on the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work on it, thou nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy beast, nor the stranger that is within thy gates.
GNV: But the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any worke, thou, nor thy sonne, nor thy daughter, thy man seruant, nor thy mayde, nor thy beast, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates.
JPS: but the seventh day is a sabbath unto the LORD thy God, in it thou shalt not do any manner of work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates;
LXXE: But on the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God; on it thou shalt do no work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy servant nor thy maidservant, thine ox nor thine ass, nor any cattle of thine, nor the stranger that sojourns with thee.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (12)

alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜י; Leningrad Codex reads הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔֜י (“the seventh”).
alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads שַׁבָּ֣ת׀; Leningrad Codex reads שַׁבָּ֖֣ת׀ (“[is] a sabbath”).
alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ; Leningrad Codex reads אֱלֹהֶ֑֗יךָ (“God your”).
alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads תַעֲשֶׂ֣ה; Leningrad Codex reads תַעֲשֶׂ֣֨ה (“you must do”).
alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads מְלָאכָ֡ה; Leningrad Codex reads מְלָאכָ֡֜ה (“work”).
alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads וּ֠בִתֶּךָ; Leningrad Codex reads וּ֠בִתֶּ֗ךָ (“and daughter your”).
alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads עַבְדְּךָ֨; Leningrad Codex reads עַבְדְּךָ֤֨ (“[male] servant your”).
alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads וַאֲמָֽתְךָ֜; Leningrad Codex reads וַאֲמָֽתְךָ֜֙ (“and female servant your”).
alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads וּבְהֶמְתֶּ֗ךָ; Leningrad Codex reads וּבְהֶמְתֶּ֔֗ךָ (“and livestock your”).
alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads וְגֵרְךָ֙; Leningrad Codex reads וְגֵרְךָ֖֙ (“and sojourner your”).
alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads אֲשֶׁ֣ר; Leningrad Codex reads אֲשֶׁ֥֣ר (“who”).
alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads בִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ׃; Leningrad Codex reads בִּשְׁעָרֶֽ֔יךָ׃ (“[is] in gates your”).

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Original-language editions

WLC: וְי֨וֹם֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י שַׁבָּ֖ת לַיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ לֹֽ֣א־תַעֲשֶׂ֨ה כָל־מְלָאכָ֜ה אַתָּ֣ה ׀ וּבִנְךָֽ֣־וּבִתֶּ֗ךָ עַבְדְּךָ֤ וַאֲמָֽתְךָ֙ וּבְהֶמְתֶּ֔ךָ וְגֵרְךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ׃הַ/שְּׁבִיעִ֔יהַ/שְּׁבִיעִ֜ישַׁבָּ֖תשַׁבָּ֣ת׀אֱלֹהֶ֑י/ךָאֱלֹהֶ֗י/ךָתַעֲשֶׂ֨התַעֲשֶׂ֣המְלָאכָ֜המְלָאכָ֡הוּ/בִתֶּ֗/ךָוּ֠/בִתֶּ/ךָעַבְדְּ/ךָ֤עַבְדְּ/ךָ֨וַ/אֲמָֽתְ/ךָ֙וַ/אֲמָֽתְ/ךָ֜וּ/בְהֶמְתֶּ֔/ךָוּ/בְהֶמְתֶּ֗/ךָוְ/גֵרְ/ךָ֖וְ/גֵרְ/ךָ֙אֲשֶׁ֥ראֲשֶׁ֣רבִּ/שְׁעָרֶֽי/ךָבִּ/שְׁעָרֶ֔י/ךָBHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.
LXX-Br: Τῇ δὲ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ, σάββατα Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ σου· οὐ ποιήσεις ἐν αὐτῇ πᾶν ἔργον σὺ, καὶ ὁ υἱός σου, καὶ ἡ θυγάτηρ σου, ὁ παῖς σου, καὶ ἡ παιδίσκη σου, ὁ βοῦς σου, καὶ τὸ ὑποζύγιόν σου, καὶ πᾶν κτῆνός σου, καὶ ὁ προσήλυτος ὁ παροικῶν ἐν σοί.

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Proselyte Decalogue Sabbath Manservant Commandments, the Ten Amram Foreigner Labor Hammurabi, Code of Sinai

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Deuteronomy 5:14–15but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor…
Exodus 34:21Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest.
Exodus 16:27–28Yet on the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they did not find anything. Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep My commandments and instructions?
Numbers 15:32–36While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day. Those who found the man gathering wood brought him to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation, and because it had not…
Deuteronomy 24:14–22Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns. You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them.…
Nehemiah 13:15–21In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the…
Luke 23:56Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.
Nehemiah 10:31When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow, and will cancel…
Exodus 31:13“Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
Exodus 23:9–12Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce, but in the…
Genesis 2:2–3And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of…
Deuteronomy 16:11–12and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the…

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