Exodus 20:9 (KJV)

Passage

Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

Nearby Context

Exodus 20:7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Exodus 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

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

Exodus 20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

Exodus 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "days", "shalt", "thou", and "labour". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "days" and "shalt", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "Remember the sabbath day to keep it..." into verse 10's "But the seventh day is the sabbath...", so "days" and "shalt" 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 "days" and "shalt" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.