Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

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

New American Standard Bible

“You shall work six days, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during plowing time and harvest you shall rest.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

“You are to labor six days but you must rest on the seventh day; you must even rest during plowing and harvesting times.

International Standard Version

"For six days you are to work, but on the seventh day you are to rest; even during plowing time and harvest you are to rest.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

“You shall work for six days, but on the seventh day you shall rest; [even] in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest [on the Sabbath].

Bible in Basic English

Six days let work be done, but on the seventh day take your rest: at ploughing time and at the grain-cutting you are to have a day for rest.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

Six days thou shalt work, and in the seventh day thou shalt cease: and in ploughing and in harvest thou shalt cease.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Six days you will work, and on the seventh day you will rest; in the [time of] plowing and in the [time of] harvest you will rest.

Modern King James verseion

You shall work six days, but on the seventh day you shall rest. In plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"Six days thou shalt work, and the seventh thou shalt rest: both from earing and reaping.

NET Bible

"On six days you may labor, but on the seventh day you must rest; even at the time of plowing and of harvest you are to rest.

New Heart English Bible

"Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest: in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.

Webster

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

World English Bible

"Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest: in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.

Youngs Literal Translation

'Six days thou dost work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest; in ploughing-time and in harvest thou dost rest.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Six
שׁשּׁה שׁשׁ 
Shesh 
Usage: 215

יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

thou shalt work
עבד 
`abad 
Usage: 288

but on the seventh
שׁבעי שׁביעי 
Sh@biy`iy 
Usage: 98

day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

thou shalt rest
שׁבת 
Shabath 
Usage: 71

חרישׁ 
Chariysh 
Usage: 3

and in harvest
קציר 
Qatsiyr 
Usage: 54

References

Context Readings

Covenant Stipulations

20 But the firstling of an ass, thou mayst redeem with a lamb, and if thou wilt not redeem it, then shalt thou break its neck. Every firstborn of thy sons, shalt thou redeem, and he must not see my face, with empty hand. 21 Six days, shalt thou labour, but on the seventh day, shalt thou rest, - in plowing time and in harvest, shalt thou rest. 22 And the festival of weeks, shalt thou make to thee, the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, - and the festival of ingathering, at the closing in of the year:


Cross References

Exodus 23:12

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.

Exodus 35:2

Six days, shall work be done, but on the seventh day, shall there be to you a holy sabbath-keeping, unto Yahweh, whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.

Deuteronomy 21:4

and the elders of that city shall take down the heifer into a ravine with an everflowing stream, which is neither tilled nor sown, - and shall behead there the heifer in the ravine.

Luke 13:14

But the synagogue-ruler, answering, being greatly displeased that, on the Sabbath, Jesus had healed, began saying unto the multitude - Six days, there are, in which men ought to get their work done; On them, therefore, come and be healed, and, not on the day of rest.

Genesis 45:6

For these two years, hath the famine been in the midst of the land, - and, yet five years, are there, in which there shall be neither ploughing, nor harvest.

Exodus 20:9-11

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

Deuteronomy 5:12-15

Observe the sabbath day, to hallow it, - as Yahweh thy God, hath commanded thee:

1 Samuel 8:12

and he will appoint for himself, princes of thousands, and princes of fifties, - and to plough his fields, and to reap his harvest, and to make his weapons of war, and the instruments of his chariots;

Isaiah 30:24

And the oxen and the young asses that till the ground, salted provender, shall eat, which hath been winnowed with shovel or fan.

Luke 23:56

And, returning, they made ready spices and perfumes. And, on the Sabbath, indeed, they were quiet, according to the commandment;

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