Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Six days you shall labor and do all your work, New Living Translation You have six days each week for your ordinary work, English Standard Version Six days you shall labor and do all your work, Berean Standard Bible Six days you shall labor and do all your work, King James Bible Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: New King James Version Six days you shall labor and do all your work, New American Standard Bible For six days you shall labor and do all your work, NASB 1995 ‘Six days you shall labor and do all your work, NASB 1977 ‘Six days you shall labor and do all your work, Legacy Standard Bible Six days you shall labor and do all your work, Amplified Bible Six days you shall labor and do all your work, Christian Standard Bible You are to labor six days and do all your work, Holman Christian Standard Bible You are to labor six days and do all your work, American Standard Version Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work; Contemporary English Version You have six days when you can do your work, English Revised Version Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: GOD'S WORD® Translation You have six days to do all your work. Good News Translation You have six days in which to do your work, International Standard Version Six days you are to labor and do all your work, Majority Standard Bible Six days you shall labor and do all your work, NET Bible You are to work and do all your tasks in six days, New Heart English Bible Six days you may labor, and do all your work; Webster's Bible Translation Six days thou shalt labor, and do all thy work: World English Bible You shall labor six days, and do all your work; Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionsix days you labor and have done all your work, Young's Literal Translation six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work, Smith's Literal Translation Six days thou shalt work and do all thy work, Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleSix days shalt thou labour, and shalt do all thy works. Catholic Public Domain Version For six days, you shall labor and do all your work. New American Bible Six days you may labor and do all your work, New Revised Standard Version Six days you shall labor and do all your work. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleSix days you shall labor, and do all your work; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Six days you shall labor and you shall do all your work. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work; Brenton Septuagint Translation Six days thou shalt work, and thou shalt do all thy works; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Ten Commandments…12Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you. 13Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 14but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.… Cross References Exodus 20:9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, Genesis 2:2-3 And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work. / Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished. Exodus 31:15 For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death. Exodus 35:2 For 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 23:3 For 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. Nehemiah 13:15-22 In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day. / Additionally, men of Tyre who lived there were importing fish and all kinds of merchandise and selling them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah in Jerusalem. / Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day? ... Isaiah 58:13-14 If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words, / then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken. Jeremiah 17:21-27 This is what the LORD says: Take heed for yourselves; do not carry a load or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. / You must not carry a load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath day, but you must keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I commanded your forefathers. / Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline. ... Ezekiel 20:12 I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them. Ezekiel 20:20 Keep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’ Matthew 12:8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.” Mark 2:27-28 Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. / Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.” Luke 6:5 Then Jesus declared, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.” Hebrews 4:4 For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.” Hebrews 4:9-10 There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God. / For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His. Treasury of Scripture Six days you shall labor, and do all your work: 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 rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. Exodus 35:2,3 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death… Ezekiel 20:12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them. Jump to Previous Labor Six WorkJump to Next Labor Six WorkDeuteronomy 5 1. The covenant in Horeb6. The ten commandments 23. At the people's request Moses receives the law from God Six days The phrase "six days" refers to the period of time allotted for labor and work. In the Hebrew context, this is rooted in the creation narrative found in Genesis, where God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh. The Hebrew word for "days" is "yom," which can mean a literal 24-hour period or a longer, indefinite period of time. Historically, this six-day workweek was a revolutionary concept in ancient times, setting the Israelites apart from other cultures that did not have a structured week. It emphasizes the balance between work and rest, a principle that is foundational to the Judeo-Christian work ethic. you shall labor and do all your work Hebrew Sixשֵׁ֤֣שֶׁת (šê·šeṯ) Number - masculine singular construct Strong's 8337: Six (a cardinal number) days יָמִ֣ים֙ (yā·mîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3117: A day you shall labor תַּֽעֲבֹ֔ד֮ (ta·‘ă·ḇōḏ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave and do וְעָשִׂ֖֣יתָ (wə·‘ā·śî·ṯā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make all כָּֿל־ (klā-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every your work, מְלַאכְתֶּֽךָ֒׃ (mə·laḵ·te·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 4399: Deputyship, ministry, employment, work, property Links Deuteronomy 5:13 NIVDeuteronomy 5:13 NLT Deuteronomy 5:13 ESV Deuteronomy 5:13 NASB Deuteronomy 5:13 KJV Deuteronomy 5:13 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 5:13 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 5:13 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 5:13 French Bible Deuteronomy 5:13 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 5:13 You shall labor six days and do (Deut. 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