Leviticus 23:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שֵׁ֣שֶׁת יָמִים֮ תֵּעָשֶׂ֣ה מְלָאכָה֒ וּבַיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י שַׁבַּ֤ת שַׁבָּתוֹן֙ מִקְרָא־קֹ֔דֶשׁ כָּל־מְלָאכָ֖ה לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֑וּ שַׁבָּ֥ת הִוא֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה בְּכֹ֖ל מֽוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

šēšet yāmîm tēʿāśeh məlāʾkāh û-ḇayyôm haššəḇîʿî šabbat šabbātôn miqrāʾ-qōdeš kol-məlāʾkāh lōʾ taʿăśû šabbāt hîʾ la-YHWH bə-ḵōl môšəḇōtêḵem

Grammar Details

• *šēšet*: cardinal number, construct form - six (of)
• *yāmîm*: noun, masculine plural - days
• *tēʿāśeh*: Niphal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - shall be done/performed
• *məlāʾkāh*: noun, feminine singular - work/labor/occupation
• *û-ḇayyôm*: conjunction + preposition + article + noun, masculine singular - and on the day
• *haššəḇîʿî*: article + ordinal number, masculine singular - the seventh
• *šabbat*: noun, feminine singular - sabbath/rest
• *šabbātôn*: noun, masculine singular - complete rest/solemn rest
• *miqrāʾ*: noun, masculine singular, construct - convocation/assembly of
• *qōdeš*: noun, masculine singular - holiness/sacredness
• *kol*: noun, masculine singular, construct - all/any of
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *taʿăśû*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall do/perform
• *šabbāt*: noun, feminine singular - sabbath/rest
• *hîʾ*: 3rd person feminine singular pronoun - it/she
• *la-YHWH*: preposition + divine name - to/for YHWH
• *bə-ḵōl*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - in all of
• *môšəḇōtêḵem*: noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your dwelling places/settlements

Word Meanings

• *məlāʾkāh*: work/labor/occupation/craftsmanship/business
• *šabbat*: rest/cessation/sabbath
• *šabbātôn*: complete rest/solemn rest/sabbath observance
• *miqrāʾ*-*qōdeš*: holy convocation/sacred assembly/holy gathering

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For six days work is to be done, but the seventh day is a sabbath of complete rest, a holy assembly. You are not to do any work; it is a sabbath to the Lord in all your dwellings.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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 of the LORD in all your dwellings.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Six{H8337} days{H3117} shall work{H4399} be done:{H6213} but on the seventh{H7637} day{H3117} is a sabbath{H7676} of solemn rest,{H7677} a holy{H6944} convocation;{H4744} ye shall do{H6213} no manner of work:{H4399} it is a sabbath{H7676} unto Jehovah{H3068} in all your dwellings.{H4186}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Six{H8337} days{H3117} shall work{H4399} be done{H6213}{(H8735)}: but the seventh{H7637} day{H3117} is the sabbath{H7676} of rest{H7677}, an holy{H6944} convocation{H4744}; ye shall do{H6213}{(H8799)} no work{H4399} therein: it is the sabbath{H7676} of the LORD{H3068} in all your dwellings{H4186}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Sixe dayes ye shall worke, ad the seuenth is the Sabbath of rest an holy feast: so that ye maye do no worke therein, for it is the Sabbath of the Lorde, wheresoeuer ye dwell.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Sixe dayes shalt thou worke, but the seuenth daie is the rest of the Sabbath, and shalbe called holy. Ye shal do no worke therin, for it is the Sabbath of the LORDE, where so euer ye dwell.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Six daies shall worke be done, but in the seuenth day shalbe the Sabbath of rest, an holie conuocation: ye shall do no worke therein, it is the Sabbath of the Lorde, in all your dwellings.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Sixe dayes ye shall worke: but the seuenth day is the Sabboth of rest, an holy couocation, so that ye do no worke therin: it is the Sabboth of the Lorde in all your dwellynges.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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 of the LORD in all your dwellings.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "'Six days shall work be done: but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no manner of work. It is a Sabbath to Yahweh in all your dwellings.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  six days is work done, and in the seventh day `is' a sabbath of rest, a holy convocation; ye do no work; it `is' a sabbath to Jehovah in all your dwellings.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Six days shall work be done: but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of work: it is a sabbath unto Jehovah in all your dwellings.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Six days shall work be done: but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of work: it is a sabbath unto Jehovah in all your dwellings.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  On six days work may be done; but the seventh day is a special day of rest, a time for worship; you may do no sort of work: it is a Sabbath to the Lord wherever you may be living.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "'Six days shall work be done: but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no kind of work. It is a Sabbath to Yahweh in all your dwellings.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Weekly Sabbath“‘Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy assembly. You must not do any work; it is a Sabbath to the LORD in all the places where you live.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 19:3 : 3 You shall respect every man his mother and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
• 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.
• Luke 13:14 : 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.
• 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.
• Exod 35:2-3 : 2 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. 3 You shall kindle no fire throughout your dwellings on the sabbath day.
• 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 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. 11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
• Luke 23:56 : 56 Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments, and they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.
• Acts 15:21 : 21 For Moses from ancient generations has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath day.
• Rev 1:10 : 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, like a trumpet,
• Exod 31:13-17 : 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. 17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
• Exod 16:23 : 23 And he said to them, This is what the LORD has said: Tomorrow is a Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD; bake what you will bake today, and boil what you will boil, and lay up for yourselves all that remains, to be kept until the morning.
• Exod 16:29 : 29 See, the LORD has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day bread for two days. Let every man remain in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
• Deut 5:13-14 : 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.
• Isa 56:2 : 2 Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who takes hold of it; who keeps the sabbath from polluting it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.
• Isa 56:6 : 6 Also the sons of the foreigner, who join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one who keeps the sabbath from polluting it, and takes hold of my covenant;
• Isa 58:13 : 13 If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy day of the LORD, honorable; and shall honor him, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words: