Exodus 35:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

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 does any work on it shall be put to death.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שֵׁ֣שֶׁת יָמִים֮ תֵּעָשֶׂ֣ה מְלָאכָה֒ וּבַיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י יִהְיֶ֨ה לָכֶ֥ם קֹ֛דֶשׁ שַׁבַּ֥ת שַׁבָּת֖וֹן לַיהוָ֑ה כָּל־הָעֹשֶׂ֥ה ב֛וֹ מְלָאכָ֖ה יוּמָֽת׃

Transliteration

Six yāmîm tēʿāśeh məlāʾkâ û-ba-yôm the-seventh yihyeh to-you qōdeš šabbat šabbātôn to-YHWH all-the-one-doing in-it məlāʾkâ yûmāt

Grammar Details

• *yāmîm*: masculine plural - days
• *tēʿāśeh*: niphal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - shall be done/made
• *məlāʾkâ*: feminine singular - work/labor/occupation
• *û-ba-yôm*: conjunction + preposition + definite article + masculine singular - and on the day
• *yihyeh*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will be
• *qōdeš*: masculine singular - holiness/holy thing
• *šabbat*: feminine singular - sabbath/rest
• *šabbātôn*: masculine singular - complete rest/solemn rest
• *yûmāt*: hophal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - shall be put to death

Word Meanings

• *tēʿāśeh*: shall be done/shall be made/is to be done
• *məlāʾkâ*: work/labor/occupation/task
• *qōdeš*: holiness/holy thing/sacredness
• *šabbat šabbātôn*: sabbath of complete rest/solemn sabbath rest

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Work is to be done for six days, but the seventh day will be holy to you, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it must be put to death.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Six{H8337} days{H3117} shall work{H4399} be done;{H6213} but on the seventh{H7637} day{H3117} there shall be to you a holy day,{H6944} a sabbath{H7676} of solemn rest{H7677} to Jehovah:{H3068} whosoever doeth{H6213} any work{H4399} therein shall be put to death.{H4191}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Six{H8337} days{H3117} shall work{H4399} be done{H6213}{(H8735)}, but on the seventh{H7637} day{H3117} there shall be to you an holy day{H6944}, a sabbath{H7676} of rest{H7677} to the LORD{H3068}: whosoever doeth{H6213}{(H8802)} work{H4399} therein shall be put to death{H4191}{(H8714)}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Sixe dayes ye shall worke, but the seuenth daye shalbe vnto you the holy Sabbath of the Lordes rest: so that whosoeuer doth any worke there in, shall dye.

• 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.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  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.

• Bishops' 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.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  '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.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  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;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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 (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  '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.

• NET Bible® (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.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 34:21 : 21 Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.
• Lev 23:3 : 3 Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, a holy gathering; you shall do no work in it; it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
• Exod 20:9-9 : 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor the stranger who is within your gates.
• Exod 23:12 : 12 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.
• Num 15:32-36 : 32 And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day. 33 And those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation. 34 And they put him in confinement, because it was not yet declared what should be done to him. 35 And the LORD said to Moses, The man shall surely be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp. 36 And all the congregation brought him outside the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.
• Deut 5:12-15 : 12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD your God has commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work: 14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD your God: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates; that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you. 15 And remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out from there through a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day.
• Luke 13:14-15 : 14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, and said to the people, There are six days on which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day. 15 The Lord then answered him, and said, You hypocrite, does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water?
• Heb 2:2-3 : 2 For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; 3 How shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those that heard him;
• Heb 10:28-29 : 28 Anyone who despised Moses' law died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
• Exod 31:13-16 : 13 Speak also to the children of Israel, saying, Truly my Sabbaths you shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you. 14 You shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy to you: everyone who defiles it shall surely be put to death: for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people. 15 Six days may work be done; but the seventh is a Sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. 16 Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, as a perpetual covenant.