Exodus 20:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Six days you shall labor and do all your work,”
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BSBPD
“Six days you shall labor and do all your work,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Exodus 20:9 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
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