Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during the plowing season and harvest you must rest. New Living Translation “You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but on the seventh day you must stop working, even during the seasons of plowing and harvest. English Standard Version “Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest. In plowing time and in harvest you shall rest. Berean Standard Bible Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest. King James Bible Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. New King James Version “Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; in plowing time and in harvest you shall 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. NASB 1995 “You shall work six days, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during plowing time and harvest you shall rest. NASB 1977 “You shall work six days, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during plowing time and harvest you shall rest. Legacy Standard Bible “You shall work six days, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during plowing time and harvest you shall rest. Amplified Bible “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]. Christian Standard Bible “You are to labor six days but you must rest on the seventh day; you must even rest during plowing and harvesting times. Holman Christian Standard Bible You are to labor six days but you must rest on the seventh day; you must even rest during plowing and harvesting times.” 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. Contemporary English Version Work for six days and rest on the seventh day, even during the seasons for plowing and harvesting. English Revised Version Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in plowing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. GOD'S WORD® Translation "You may work six days, but on the seventh day you must not work. Even during the time of plowing or harvesting you must not work [on this day]. Good News Translation "You have six days in which to do your work, but do not work on the seventh day, not even during plowing time or harvest. 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. Majority Standard Bible Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest. 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's Bible Translation 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard Version[For] six days you work, and on the seventh day you rest; in plowing-time and in harvest you rest. Young's Literal Translation 'Six days thou dost work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest; in ploughing-time and in harvest thou dost rest. Smith's Literal Translation Six days thou shalt work, and in the seventh day thou shalt cease: and in ploughing and in harvest thou shalt cease. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleSix days shalt thou work, the seventh day thou shalt cease to plough, and to reap. Catholic Public Domain Version For six days you shall work. On the seventh day you shall cease to cultivate and to harvest. New American Bible Six days you may labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during the seasons of plowing and harvesting you must rest. New Revised Standard Version Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in plowing time and in harvest time you shall rest. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleSix days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; in the time of ploughing and during harvest you shall rest. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And the firstborn of oxen you shall redeem with a lamb, and if you will not redeem it, you shall kill it, and every firstborn of your sons you shall redeem and you shall not appear before me with nothing. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest; in plowing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. Brenton Septuagint Translation Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: there shall be rest in seed-time and harvest. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The LORD Renews the Covenant…20You must redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb; but if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one shall appear before Me empty-handed. 21Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest. 22And you are to celebrate the Feast of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.… Cross References 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. Deuteronomy 5:12-15 Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you. / Six days you shall labor and do all your work, / but 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. ... Exodus 20:8-11 Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. / Six days you shall labor and do all your work, / but 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 or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates. ... 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. Deuteronomy 16:8 For six days you must eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day you shall hold a solemn assembly to the LORD your God, and you must not do any work. Luke 13:14 But 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.” 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.” Matthew 12:8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.” 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. 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? ... Jeremiah 17:21-22 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. 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. 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. Numbers 15:32-36 While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day. / Those who found the man gathering wood brought him to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation, / and because it had not been declared what should be done to him, they placed him in custody. ... 2 Chronicles 36:21 So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah. Treasury of Scripture Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest: in ripening time and in harvest you shall rest. six Exodus 20:9-11 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy 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 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. earing Genesis 45:6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest. Deuteronomy 21:4 And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley: 1 Samuel 8:12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. Jump to Previous Earing Grain-Cutting Harvest Labor Ploughing Plowing Rest Season Seventh Six Time WorkJump to Next Earing Grain-Cutting Harvest Labor Ploughing Plowing Rest Season Seventh Six Time WorkExodus 34 1. The tablets are replaced5. The name of the Lord proclaimed 8. Moses entreats God to go with them 10. God makes a covenant with them, repeating certain duties 28. Moses after forty days on the mount, comes down with the tablets 29. His face is radiant, and he covers it with a veil Six days you shall labor This phrase establishes the divine pattern of work and rest, rooted in the creation narrative where God worked for six days and rested on the seventh (Genesis 2:2-3). The Hebrew word for "labor" is "ʿāḇaḏ," which implies not just physical toil but also service and stewardship. This commandment underscores the dignity of work as a God-ordained activity, reflecting His creative nature. Historically, this rhythm of work and rest was countercultural in ancient times, where continuous labor was often demanded by oppressive regimes. It highlights God's care for human well-being and the importance of balance in life. but on the seventh day you shall rest even during the plowing and harvesting times In earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.--"Earing-time" is ploughing time, "to ear" being an old English verb, etymologically connected with the Greek ??? and the Latin aro. (Comp. Genesis 45:6; Deuteronomy 21:4; 1Samuel 8:12; Isaiah 30:24.) There was a special temptation to trench on the Sabbatical rest at the times most critical in respect to agricultural operations. . . . Verse 21. - Six days, etc. This is repeated from the "Book of the Covenant" (Exodus 23:12), but with a remarkable addition - in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. "Earing time" is "ploughing time" - to "ear" being to "plough" in Old English, a word cognate with the Greek ἄρω and the Latin are; and the command to rest both then and at harvest time is a command not to break the Sabbath rest at the seasons when it might seem most necessary so to do The temptation to "save the harvest" is readily intelligible to Englishmen. To appreciate the other temptation, we require to know the peculiar circumstances of the East. It is necessary there to complete the ploughing before the spring rains are over. These last but a short time; and when they are once past no rain can be looked for till the autumn.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Sixשֵׁ֤שֶׁת (šê·šeṯ) Number - masculine singular construct Strong's 8337: Six (a cardinal number) days יָמִים֙ (yā·mîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3117: A day you shall labor, תַּעֲבֹ֔ד (ta·‘ă·ḇōḏ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave but on the seventh הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י (haš·šə·ḇî·‘î) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular Strong's 7637: Seventh (an ordinal number) day וּבַיּ֥וֹם (ū·ḇay·yō·wm) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day you shall rest; תִּשְׁבֹּ֑ת (tiš·bōṯ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7673: To repose, desist from exertion even in plowing בֶּחָרִ֥ישׁ (be·ḥā·rîš) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2758: A plowing, plowing time and harvesting seasons, וּבַקָּצִ֖יר (ū·ḇaq·qā·ṣîr) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7105: Severed, harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, a limb you must rest. תִּשְׁבֹּֽת׃ (tiš·bōṯ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7673: To repose, desist from exertion Links Exodus 34:21 NIVExodus 34:21 NLT Exodus 34:21 ESV Exodus 34:21 NASB Exodus 34:21 KJV Exodus 34:21 BibleApps.com Exodus 34:21 Biblia Paralela Exodus 34:21 Chinese Bible Exodus 34:21 French Bible Exodus 34:21 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 34:21 Six days you shall work (Exo. 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