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Exodus 20:9

Exodus chapter 20 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;

Context

v.8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

v.9This passage

v.10but 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:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Exodus 23:12

    Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the sojourner, may be refreshed.

  • Exodus 35:2

    Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of solemn rest to Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death.

  • Exodus 34:21

    Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in plowing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.

  • Leviticus 23:3

    Six days shall work be done: but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of work: it is a sabbath unto Jehovah in all your dwellings.

  • Luke 13:14

    And the ruler of the synagogue, being moved with indignation because Jesus had healed on the sabbath, answered and said to the multitude, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the day of the sabbath.