Exodus 20:9 (YLT)

Passage

six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work,

Nearby Context

Exodus 20:7 `Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing.

Exodus 20:8 `Remember the Sabbath-day to sanctify it;

Exodus 20:9 six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work,

Exodus 20:10 and the seventh day <FI>is<Fi> a Sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thy cattle, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, --

Exodus 20:11 for six days hath Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that <FI>is<Fi> in them, and resteth in the seventh day; therefore hath Jehovah blessed the Sabbath-day, and doth sanctify it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "days", "thou", "dost", "labour", "hast", and "done". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "days" and "thou", 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 sanctify it..." into verse 10's "and the seventh day FI is Fi...", so "days" and "thou" 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 "thou" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.