Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
“Do your work
New American Standard Bible
“
King James Version
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
International Standard Version
You are to do your work for six days, but on the seventh day you are to refrain from work so that your ox and donkey may rest, and so the son of your maidservant and the alien may be refreshed.
A Conservative Version
Six days thou shall do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shall rest, that thine ox and thy donkey may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the sojourner, may be refreshed.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
“Six days [each week] you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall stop [working] so that your ox and your donkey may settle down and rest, and the son of your female servant, as well as your stranger, may be refreshed.
Bible in Basic English
For six days do your work, and on the seventh day keep the Sabbath; so that your ox and your ass may have rest, together with the son of your servant and the man from a strange land living among you.
Darby Translation
Six days thou shalt do thy work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger may be refreshed.
Julia Smith Translation
Six days thou shalt do thy works, and in the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox shall rest, and thine ass, and the son of thy maid shall be refreshed, and the stranger.
King James 2000
Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest: that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
Lexham Expanded Bible
" 'Six days you will do your work, but on the seventh day you will stop so that your ox and your donkey will rest and the son of your slave woman and the alien will be refreshed.
Modern King James verseion
You shall do your work six days, and on the seventh day you shall rest, so that your ox and your ass may rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Six days thou shalt do thy work and the seventh day thou shalt keep holy day, that thine ox and thine ass may rest and the son of thy maid and the stranger may be refreshed.
NET Bible
For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, in order that your ox and your donkey may rest and that your female servant's son and any hired help may refresh themselves.
New Heart English Bible
"Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the alien may be refreshed.
The Emphasized Bible
Six days, shalt thou do thy work, but on the seventh day, shalt thou keep sabbath, - that thine ox may rest and thine ass, and that the son of thy handmaid and the sojourner may be refreshed.
Webster
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thy ox and thy ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
World English Bible
"Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the alien may be refreshed.
Youngs Literal Translation
'Six days thou dost do thy work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest, so that thine ox and thine ass doth rest, and the son of thine handmaid and the sojourner is refreshed;
Themes
Ass (donkey) » Domesticated » Rest on the sabbath
Bullock (ox) » Laws concerning » Rest for
Oxen » Laws respecting » To rest on the sabbath
Sabbath » The requirements of the sabbath
The sabbath » God » Shows considerate kindness in appointing
Servant » Bond » Must have rest on the sabbath
Strangers » Required to observe the sabbath day
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » Not to work on the sabbath
Topics
Interlinear
Yowm
Yowm
Nuwach
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 23:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Regulations Regarding Work And Festivals
11
But during the seventh year you are to let it rest and leave it uncultivated, so that the poor among your people may eat from it and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.
12 “Do your work
Cross References
Exodus 20:8-11
Exodus 31:15-16
Work may be done for six days, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest,
Exodus 34:21
“You are to labor six days but you must rest
Exodus 35:3
Do not light a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath day.”
Deuteronomy 5:13-15
Isaiah 58:3
We have denied ourselves, but You haven’t noticed!”
“Look, you do as you please on the day of your fast,
and oppress all your workers.
Luke 13:14
But the leader of the synagogue, indignant