Exodus 20:9

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Six	שֵׁ֤֣שֶׁת She.shet	H8337	six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the h… · cardinal number, both genders singular construct
days	יָמִ֣ים֙ ya.Mim	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
labour	תַּֽעֲבֹ֔ד֮ ta.'a.Vod	H5647	to work (in any sense) · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
do	וְעָשִׂ֖֣יתָ ve.'a.Si.ta	H6213	to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
work	מְלַאכְתֶּֽךָ֒ me.lakh.te.Kha	H4399	properly · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Luke 13:14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There…
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,…
Exodus 34:21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
Leviticus 23:3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath…
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 t…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 20:1-11

Here is, I. The preface of the law-writer, Moses: God spoke all these words, Exo 20:1. The law of the ten commandments is, 1. A law of God's making. They are enjoined by the infinite eternal Majesty of heaven and earth. And where the word of the King of kings is surely there is power. 2. It is a law of his own speaking. God has many ways of speaking to the children of men (Job 33:14); once, yea twice - by his Spirit, by conscience, by providences, by his voice, all which we ought carefully to attend to; but he never spoke, at any time, upon any occasion, as he spoke the ten commandments, which therefore we ought to hear with the more earnest heed. They were not only spoken audibly (so he own…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 20:8

Remember the sabbath day--implying it was already known, and recognized as a season of sacred rest. The first four commandments [Exo 20:3-11] comprise our duties to God--the other six [Exo 20:12-17] our duties to our fellow men; and as interpreted by Christ, they reach to the government of the heart as well as the lip (Mat 5:17). "If a man do them he shall live in them" [Lev 18:5; Neh 9:29]. But, ah! what an if for frail and fallen man. Whoever rests his hope upon the law stands debtor to it all; and in this view every one would be without hope were not "the LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS" [Jer 23:6; Jer 33:16] (Joh 1:17).

Adam Clarke on Exodus 20:9

Six days shalt thou labor - Therefore he who idles away time on any of the six days, is as guilty before God as he who works on the Sabbath. No work should be done on the Sabbath that can be done on the preceding days, or can be deferred to the succeeding ones. Works of absolute necessity and mercy are alone excepted. He who works by his servants or cattle is equally guilty as if he worked himself. Hiring out horses, etc., for pleasure or business, going on journeys, paying worldly visits, or taking jaunts on the Lord's day, are breaches of this law. The whole of it should be devoted to the rest of the body and the improvement of the mind. God says he has hallowed it - he has made it sacred…

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Dictionary and topics

Decalogue — The name given by the Greek fathers to the ten commandments; “the ten words,” as the original is more literally rendered (Ex. 20:3-17). These commandments were at first written on two stone slabs…
Festivals, Religious — There were daily (Lev. 23), weekly, monthly, and yearly festivals, and great stress was laid on the regular observance of them in every particular (Num. 28:1-8; Ex. 29:38-42; Lev. 6:8-23; Ex. 30:7-9;…
Law of Moses — Is the whole body of the Mosaic legislation (1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 23:25; Ezra 3:2). It is called by way of eminence simply “the Law” (Heb. Torah, Deut. 1:5; 4:8, 44; 17:18, 19; 27:3, 8). As a written…
Agriculture · LAWS CONCERNING — LAWS CONCERNING
Commandments · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Commandments, The Ten · Enumerated — Enumerated
Day · Six working days ordaine — Six working days ordaine
Decalogue · SeeCOMMANDMENTS — SeeCOMMANDMENTS
Desert, Journey Of Israel Through The · Moral law given — Moral law given
Labor · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Law · .Engraved on stone — .Engraved on stone
Law Of God, The · Given: To the Israelites — Given: To the Israelites

Exodus 20:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 20:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 20:8

Adam Clarke on Exodus 20:9

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 20:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 20:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 20:8

Adam Clarke on Exodus 20:9

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Exodus 20:9

John Calvin on Exodus 20:8-11

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 20:8-11

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 20:8-11

Rashi on Exodus 20:9