Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
“You shall work
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
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.
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.
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.
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 34:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Covenant Stipulations
20
It will cost you a sheep or a goat to buy back the firstborn donkey. If you do not buy it back, then you must break the donkey's neck. You must buy back every firstborn of your sons. No one may come into my presence without an offering.
21 “You shall work
Cross References
Exodus 23:12
Work six days a week. Do no work on the seventh day. Allow your slaves and the foreigners who work for you and even your animals to rest.
Exodus 35:2
You may work for six days. The seventh day is a holy day of worship (a Sabbath). It is a day when you do not work. It is dedicated to Jehovah. Whoever does any work on this day should be put to death.
Deuteronomy 21:4
The elders of that city will bring the heifer down to a river, to a location where the land has not been plowed or planted. At the river they must break the heifer's neck.
Luke 13:14
The official of the synagogue was angry that Jesus healed on the Sabbath. He told the people: There are six days in which we should work. Come during those days and be healed, not on the Sabbath!
Genesis 45:6
The famine has been in the land for two years. There will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.
Exodus 20:9-11
You have six days to do all your work.
Deuteronomy 5:12-15
Keep the Sabbath day to sanctify it (keep it holy), as Jehovah your God has commanded you.
1 Samuel 8:12
He will appoint them to be his officers over one thousand or over fifty soldiers. He will have them plow his ground and harvest his crops. He will require them to make weapons and equipment for his chariots.
Isaiah 30:24
The cattle and the donkeys that work the soil will eat a mixture of food that has been winnowed with forks and shovels.
Luke 23:56
They returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.