The Ten Commandments
Exodus 20:9
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
- KJV
- Six days shalt thou 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 shalt thou labour, and doe all thy worke,
- JPS
- Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work;
- LXXE
- Six days thou shalt labour, and shalt perform all thy work.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (5)
- alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads שֵׁ֣שֶׁת; Leningrad Codex reads שֵׁ֤֣שֶׁת (“six”).
- alternative punctuation in major manuscripts reads יָמִ֣ים; Leningrad Codex reads יָמִ֣ים֙ (“days”).
- 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 מְלַאכְתֶּךָ֒׃; Leningrad Codex reads מְלַאכְתֶּֽךָ֒׃ (“work your”).
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- שֵׁ֤שֶׁת יָמִים֙ תַּֽעֲבֹ֔ד וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ כָּל־מְלַאכְתֶּֽךָ׃שֵׁ֤שֶׁתשֵׁ֣שֶׁתיָמִים֙יָמִ֣יםתַּֽעֲבֹ֔דתַּֽעֲבֹד֮וְ/עָשִׂ֖יתָוְ/עָשִׂ֣יתָמְלַאכְתֶּֽ/ךָמְלַאכְתֶּ/ךָ֒BHS 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
- Ἓξ ἡμέρας ἐργᾷ, καὶ ποιήσεις πάντα τὰ ἔργα σου.
Who and where
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
DecalogueSabbathCommandments, the TenAmramLaborHammurabi, Code ofSinaiCovenant, Book of theFestivals, ReligiousHallow; Hallowed
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Cross-references most cited first
- Luke 13:14But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”
- 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 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.
- Leviticus 23:3For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.
- Exodus 35:2For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).