KJV 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.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.
WEB 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.
ASV 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.
YLT Young’s 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;
Surrounding context — Exodus 23
9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:
11 But the seventh [year] thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, [and] with thy oliveyard.
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.
13 And in all [things] that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
שֵׁ֤שֶׁתH8337 · sheshsixיָמִים֙H3117 · yomdayתַּעֲשֶׂ֣הH6213 · a.sahto make: doמַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָH4639 · ma.a.sehdeed: workוּבַיּ֥וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַשְּׁבִיעִ֖יH7637 · she.vi.iseventhתִּשְׁבֹּ֑תH7673 · sha.vatto ceaseלְמַ֣עַןH4616 · ma.anbecauseיָנ֗וּחַH5117 · nu.achto restשֽׁוֹרְךָ֙H7794 · shorcattleוַחֲמֹרֶ֔ךָH2543 · cha.mordonkeyוְיִנָּפֵ֥שׁH5314 · na.phashbe refreshedבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childאֲמָתְךָ֖H519 · a.mahmaidservantוְהַגֵּֽר׃H1616 · gersojourner
Cross-references
Luke 13:14And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.Exodus 34:21Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.Exodus 35:3Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.Exodus 20:8-11Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.Exodus 31:15-16Six days may work be done; but in the seventh [is] the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth [any] work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.Deuteronomy 5:13-15Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:Isaiah 58:3Wherefore have we fasted, [say they], and thou seest not? [wherefore] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
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