Exodus 35:2

New Century Version

You are to work for six days, but the seventh day will be a holy day, a Sabbath of rest to honor the Lord . Anyone who works on that day must be put to death.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
'Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Shabbat of solemn rest to the LORD: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.

King James Version
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.

Lexham English Bible
On six days work can be done, and on the seventh there will be for you a holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest, for Yahweh; anyone doing work on it will be put to death.

New English Translation
In six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of complete rest to the Lord . Anyone who does work on it will be put to death.

Amplified Bible
"For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD; whoever does any kind of work on that day shall be put to death.

New American Standard Bible
"For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD; whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Six dayes thou shalt work, but the seuenth day shall bee vnto you the holy Sabbath of rest vnto the Lord: whosoeuer doth any worke therein, shall die.

Legacy Standard Bible
"Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy day, a sabbath of complete rest to Yahweh; whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.

Contemporary English Version
You have six days in which to do your work. But the seventh day must be dedicated to me, your Lord , as a day of rest. Whoever works on the Sabbath will be put to death.

Complete Jewish Bible
On six days work is to be done, but the seventh day is to be a holy day for you, a Shabbat of complete rest in honor of Adonai . Whoever does any work on it is to be put to death.

Darby Translation
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to Jehovah: whoever does work on it shall be put to death.

Easy-to-Read Version
"There are six days for working, but the seventh day will be a very special day of rest for you. You will honor the Lord by resting on that special day. Anyone who works on the seventh day must be killed.

English Standard Version
Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord . Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.

George Lamsa Translation
Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day shall be holy to you, a sabbath of rest to the LORD; whosoever does any work on it shall be put to death.

Good News Translation
You have six days in which to do your work, but the seventh day is to be sacred, a solemn day of rest dedicated to me, the Lord . Anyone who does any work on that day is to be put to death.

Christian Standard Bible®
For six days work is to be done, but on the seventh day you are to have a holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the Lord. Anyone who does work on it must be executed.

Literal Translation
Work may be done six days and on the seventh day it shall be holy to you, a sabbath of rest to Jehovah; everyone doing work in it dying shall die.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Sixe dayes shall ye worke, but the seuenth daye shall ye kepe holy: a Sabbath of the LORDES rest. Who so euer doeth eny worke therin, shall dye.

American Standard Version
Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of solemn rest to Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death.

Bible in Basic English
Six days let work be done, but the seventh day is to be a holy day to you, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord; whoever does any work on that day is to be put to death.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Sixe dayes ye shall worke: but the seuenth day shalbe vnto you the holy Sabboth of the lordes rest, whosoeuer doth any worke therin, shall dye.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of solemn rest to the LORD; whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death.

King James Version (1611)
Sixe dayes shall worke be done, but on the seuenth day there shall be to you an holy day, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord: whosoeuer doeth worke therein, shall be put to death.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Six days shalt thou perform works, but on the seventh day shall be rest—a holy sabbath—a rest for the Lord: every one that does work on it, let him die.

English Revised Version
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of solemn rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death.

Berean Standard Bible
For six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you are to have a holy Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Anyone who does work on that day must be put to death.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sixe daies ye schulen do werk, the seuenthe dai schal be hooli to you, the sabat and reste of the Lord; he that doith werk in the sabat schal be slayn.

Young's Literal Translation
Six days is work done, and on the seventh day there is to you a holy [day], a sabbath of rest to Jehovah; any who doeth work in it is put to death;

Update Bible Version
Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a Sabbath of solemn rest to Yahweh: whoever does any work therein shall be put to death.

Webster's Bible Translation
Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whoever doth work therein shall be put to death.

World English Bible
'Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to Yahweh: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.

New King James Version
Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh day shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.

New Living Translation
You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day must be a Sabbath day of complete rest, a holy day dedicated to the Lord . Anyone who works on that day must be put to death.

New Life Bible
Work may be done for six days. But the seventh day will be a holy day for you, a Day of Rest to the Lord. Whoever does any work on this day will be put to death.

New Revised Standard
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy sabbath of solemn rest to the Lord ; whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Six days, shall work be done, but on the seventh day, shall there be to you a holy sabbath-keeping, unto Yahweh, whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Six days you shall do work; the seventh day shall be holy unto you, the sabbath and the rest of the Lord: he that shall do any work on it, shall be put to death.

Revised Standard Version
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy sabbath of solemn rest to the LORD; whoever does any work on it shall be put to death;

THE MESSAGE
"Work six days, but the seventh day will be a holy rest day, God 's holy rest day. Anyone who works on this day must be put to death. Don't light any fires in your homes on the Sabbath day."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy day, a sabbath of complete rest to the LORD; whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.

Contextual Overview

¹ Moses gathered all the Israelite community together and said to them, "These are the things the Lord has commanded you to do. ² You are to work for six days, but the seventh day will be a holy day, a Sabbath of rest to honor the Lord . Anyone who works on that day must be put to death. ³ On the Sabbath day you must not light a fire in any of your houses." ⁴ Moses said to all the Israelites, "This is what the Lord has commanded: ⁵ From what you have, take an offering for the Lord . Let everyone who is willing bring this offering to the Lord : gold, silver, bronze, ⁶ blue, purple and red thread, and fine linen, goat hair ⁷ and male sheepskins that are colored red. They may also bring fine leather, acacia wood, ⁸ olive oil for the lamps, spices for the special olive oil used for appointing priests and for the sweet-smelling incense, ⁹ onyx stones, and other jewels to be put on the holy vest and chest covering of the priests. ¹⁰ "Let all the skilled workers come and make everything the Lord commanded:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Six days: Exodus 20:9, Exodus 20:10, Exodus 23:12, Exodus 31:13-16, Exodus 34:21, Leviticus 23:3, Deuteronomy 5:12-15, Luke 13:14

an holy day: Heb. holiness

whosoever: Numbers 15:32-36, Deuteronomy 5:12-14, Luke 13:14, Luke 13:15, John 5:16, Hebrews 2:2, Hebrews 2:3, Hebrews 10:28, Hebrews 10:29

Reciprocal: Genesis 2:3 - blessed Exodus 12:16 - no manner Exodus 16:5 - prepare Exodus 31:14 - doeth Exodus 36:2 - one whose Leviticus 16:31 - General Deuteronomy 5:13 - General Nehemiah 13:15 - treading wine Ezekiel 20:12 - I gave Matthew 12:2 - Behold Mark 2:24 - that Luke 6:2 - not Luke 23:56 - rested

Cross-References

Genesis 18:19
I have chosen him so he would command his children and his descendants to live the way the Lord wants them to, to live right and be fair. Then I, the Lord , will give Abraham what I promised him."

Genesis 31:19
While Laban was gone to cut the wool from his sheep, Rachel stole the idols that belonged to him.

Genesis 31:34
Rachel had hidden the idols inside her camel's saddle and was sitting on them. Although Laban looked through the whole tent, he did not find them.

Genesis 34:2
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of the land, saw her, he took her and forced her to have sexual relations with him.

Genesis 35:1
God said to Jacob, "Go to the city of Bethel and live there. Make an altar to the God who appeared to you there when you were running away from your brother Esau."

Genesis 35:2
So Jacob said to his family and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods you have, and make yourselves clean, and change your clothes.

Genesis 35:3
We will leave here and go to Bethel. There I will build an altar to God, who has helped me during my time of trouble. He has been with me everywhere I have gone."

Genesis 35:4
So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had, and the earrings they were wearing, and he hid them under the great tree near the town of Shechem.

Genesis 35:7
There Jacob built an altar and named the place Bethel, after God, because God had appeared to him there when he was running from his brother.

Genesis 35:10
God said to him, "Your name is Jacob, but you will not be called Jacob any longer. Your new name will be Israel." So he called him Israel.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Six days shall work be done,.... Or "may be done" u; everyone might do what work he pleased, or the business of his calling, on the six days of the weeks; he had liberty granted him of God, and might make use of it for the advantage of himself and his family; unless this can be thought to have a peculiar respect, as this repetition and renewal of this law seems to have, to the building of the tabernacle; and so is an order for working at it closely and constantly all the six days of the week, and in things belonging to it, until the whole was finished:

but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day; or "holiness" w; wholly holy, and be separated and devoted to holy service and religious duties, abstaining from all manner of work, even from the work of the tabernacle; for though that was designed for the worship of God, and required dispatch, yet the sabbath was not to be violated on account of it: and, as Jarchi observes, this admonition concerning the sabbath was given previous to the command of building the tabernacle; to show that that did not drive away the sabbath, or that the sabbath was not to give way to it, or to be broken for the sake of it, it being

a sabbath of rest to the Lord; in which the Israelites were to rest from bodily labour, and spend the day in the service of God, and to his honour and glory:

whosoever doeth work therein: even though it might be in anything belonging to the tabernacle:

shall be put to death; the Targum of Jonathan adds, by casting stones, stoning being the punishment of sabbath breakers,

Numbers 15:35.

u תעשה "fiat", Piscator. w קדש "sanctitas", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Drusius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See Exodus 31:12.