Exodus 20:9 (GNV)

Passage

Sixe dayes shalt thou labour, and doe all thy worke,

Nearby Context

Exodus 20:7 Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vaine: for the Lord will not hold him guiltles that taketh his Name in vayne.

Exodus 20:8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keepe it holy.

Exodus 20:9 Sixe dayes shalt thou labour, and doe all thy worke,

Exodus 20:10 But the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any worke, thou, nor thy sonne, nor thy daughter, thy man seruant, nor thy mayde, nor thy beast, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates.

Exodus 20:11 For in sixe dayes the Lord made the heauen and the earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seuenth day: therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sixe", "dayes", "shalt", "thou", "labour", and "worke". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sixe" and "dayes", 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 keepe it..." into verse 10's "But the seuenth day is the Sabbath...", so "sixe" and "dayes" 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 "sixe" and "dayes" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.