Exodus 23:12

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest, so that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant and the foreigner may be refreshed.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שֵׁ֤שֶׁת יָמִים֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה מַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָ וּבַיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י תִּשְׁבֹּ֑ת לְמַ֣עַן יָנ֗וּחַ שֽׁוֹרְךָ֙ וַחֲמֹרֶ֔ךָ וְיִנָּפֵ֥שׁ בֶּן־אֲמָתְךָ֖ וְהַגֵּֽר׃

Transliteration

Six yāmîm taʿăśeh maʿăśeykā and-in-the-yôm the-šĕbîʿî tišbōt so-that yānûaḥ šôrĕkā and-ḥămōrekā and-yinnāpēš ben-ʾămātĕkā and-the-gēr

Grammar Details

• *yāmîm*: noun masculine plural - days
• *taʿăśeh*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - do/make/perform
• *maʿăśeykā*: noun masculine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your works/deeds
• *yôm*: noun masculine singular - day
• *šĕbîʿî*: adjective masculine singular - seventh
• *tišbōt*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - cease/rest
• *yānûaḥ*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - rest/settle down
• *šôrĕkā*: noun masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your ox
• *ḥămōrekā*: noun masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your donkey
• *yinnāpēš*: niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - be refreshed/take breath
• *ben*: noun masculine singular construct - son of
• *ʾămātĕkā*: noun feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your female servant
• *gēr*: noun masculine singular - sojourner/foreigner/stranger

Word Meanings

• *maʿăśeykā*: your works/deeds/labor/activities
• *tišbōt*: cease/rest/stop working
• *yānûaḥ*: rest/settle down/be quiet
• *yinnāpēš*: be refreshed/take breath/be restored
• *ben-ʾămātĕkā*: son of your female servant/your female slave's child

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Six days you shall work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your maidservant and the foreigner may be refreshed.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Six{H8337} days{H3117} thou shalt do{H6213} thy work,{H4639} and on the seventh{H7637} day{H3117} thou shalt rest;{H7673} that thine ox{H7794} and thine ass{H2543} may have rest,{H5117} and the son{H1121} of thy handmaid,{H519} and the sojourner,{H1616} may be refreshed.{H5314}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Six{H8337} days{H3117} thou shalt do{H6213}{(H8799)} thy work{H4639}, and on the seventh{H7637} day{H3117} thou shalt rest{H7673}{(H8799)}: that thine ox{H7794} and thine ass{H2543} may rest{H5117}{(H8799)}, and the son{H1121} of thy handmaid{H519}, and the stranger{H1616}, may be refreshed{H5314}{(H8735)}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Sixe dayes thou shalt do thi worke ad the seuenth daye thou shalt kepe holie daye, that thyne oxe and thine asse maye rest ad the sonne of thi mayde and the straunger maye be refresshed.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Sixe dayes shalt thou do thy worke, but vpon the seuenth daye thou shalt kepe holy daye, that thine oxe and Asse maye rest, and that the sonne of thy handmayden and the straunger maye refresh them selues.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Sixe dayes thou shalt do thy worke, and in the seuenth day thou shalt rest, that thine oxe, and thine asse may rest, and the sonne of thy maide and the stranger may be refreshed.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Sixe daies thou shalt do thy worke, and in the seuenth day thou shalt rest: that thyne oxe and thyne asse may rest, and the sonne of thy mayde and the straunger may be refreshed.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "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.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `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;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For six days do your work, and on the seventh day keep the Sabbath; so that your ox and your ass may have rest, together with the son of your servant and the man from a strange land living among you.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "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.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, in order that your ox and your donkey may rest and that your female servant’s son and the resident foreigner may refresh themselves.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 20:8-9 : 8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your livestock, nor any foreigner residing within your gates. 11 For in six days, the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but He rested on the seventh day. Therefore, the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
• Luke 13:14 : 14 But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, 'There are six days for work. So come to be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.'
• Exod 31:15-16 : 15 For six days, work shall be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death. 16 The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it as a perpetual covenant for their generations.
• Exod 34:21 : 21 You are to work for six days, but on the seventh day you must rest—even during the plowing season and the harvest you must rest.
• Exod 35:3 : 3 You shall not kindle a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath day.
• Deut 5:13-15 : 13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work. 14 But the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work—you, your son or daughter, your male or female servant, your ox, your donkey, or any of your livestock, or the foreigner residing in your towns—so that your male and female servants may rest as you do. 15 Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore, the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
• Isa 58:3 : 3 'Why have we fasted,' they say, 'and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you have not noticed?' Yet on the day of your fasting, you pursue your own desires and oppress all your workers.