Exodus 20:11 (DRB)

Passage

For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them, and rested on the seventh day: therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.

Nearby Context

Exodus 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and shalt do all thy works.

Exodus 20:10 But on the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work on it, thou nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy beast, nor the stranger that is within thy gates.

Exodus 20:11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them, and rested on the seventh day: therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.

Exodus 20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayst be longlived upon the land which the Lord thy God will give thee.

Exodus 20:13 Thou shalt not kill.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "days", "lord", "heaven", "earth", "rested", "seventh", and "therefore". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "all things" and "days", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "But on the seventh day is the..." into verse 12's "Honour thy father and thy mother that...", so "all things" and "days" belong inside that flow. In Exodus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "all things" and "days" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.