Exodus 20 · Verse 10

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 20:10, King James Version

Exodus 20:10 in other translations

BSBbut the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.
WEBbut the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;
ASVbut the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
YLTand the seventh day is 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, --
DARBYbut the seventh day is the sabbath of Jehovah thy God: thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy bondman, nor thy handmaid, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates.
BBEBut the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day you are to do no work, you or your son or your daughter, your man-servant or your woman-servant, your cattle or the man from a strange country who is living among you:
WebsterBut 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 man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

What does Exodus 20:10 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 20:3-11

The first four of the ten commandments, commonly called the FIRST table, tell our duty to God. It was fit that those should be put first, because man had a Maker to love, before he had a neighbour to love. It cannot be expected that he should be true to his brother, who is false to his God. The first commandment concerns the object of worship, JEHOVAH, and him only. The worship of creatures is here forbidden…

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Exodus 20:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְי֙וֹם֙ve.Yomand [the] dayH3117
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔֜יha.she.vi.'I<the> seventhH7637
שַׁבָּ֖֣ת\׀sha.Bat[is] a sabbathH7676
לַיהוָ֣הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֶ֑֗יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430
לֹֽ֣א\־lo'-notH3808
תַעֲשֶׂ֣֨הta.'a.Sehyou must doH6213
כָל\־khol-anyH3605
מְלָאכָ֡֜הme.la.KhahworkH4399
אַתָּ֣ה\׀'a.TahyouH859
וּבִנְךָֽ֣\־u.vin.kha-and son yourH1121
וּ֠בִתֶּ֗ךָu.vi.Te.khaand daughter yourH1323
עַבְדְּךָ֤֨'av.de.Kha[male] servant yourH5650
וַאֲמָֽתְךָ֜֙va.'a.ma.te.Khaand female servant yourH519
וּבְהֶמְתֶּ֔֗ךָu.ve.hem.Te.khaand livestock yourH929
וְגֵרְךָ֖֙ve.ge.re.Khaand sojourner yourH1616
אֲשֶׁ֥֣ר'a.SherwhoH834
בִּשְׁעָרֶֽ֔יךָ\׃bish.'a.Rei.kha[is] in gates yourH8179

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Cross references for Exodus 20:10

  • Deuteronomy 5:14-15

    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, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou. And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

  • Exodus 34:21

    Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.

  • Exodus 16:27-28

    And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?

  • Numbers 15:32-36

    And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him. And the Lord said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. …

  • Deuteronomy 24:14-22

    Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates: At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee. The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin. Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge: …

  • Exodus 31:13

    Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.

  • Nehemiah 10:31

    And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

  • Genesis 2:2-3

    And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

  • Luke 23:56

    And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

  • Nehemiah 13:15-21

    In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day? Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath. …

  • Exodus 23:9-12

    Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

  • Deuteronomy 16:11-12

    And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to place his name there. And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the seventh.
31:13; 34:21
thou shalt.
16:27,28; Nu 15:32-36; Lu 23:56
thy manservant.
De 5:14,15
thy stranger.
23:9-12; De 16:11,12; 24:14-22; Ne 10:31; 13:15-21

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Context

  • 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.

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Exodus 20:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas el séptimo día será reposo para Jehová tu Dios: no hagas en él obra alguna, tú, ni tu hijo, ni tu hija, ni tu siervo, ni tu criada ni tu bestia, ni tu extranjero que está dentro de tus puertas:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
mais le septième jour est le sabbat consacré à l’ Éternel, ton Dieu: tu ne feras aucune œuvre, ni toi, ni ton fils, ni ta fille, ni ton serviteur, ni ta servante, ni ta bête, ni ton étranger qui est dans tes portes.
German
Elberfelder 1871
aber der siebte Tag ist Sabbath dem Jehova, deinem Gott: du sollst keinerlei Werk tun, du und dein Sohn und deine Tochter, dein Knecht und deine Magd, und dein Vieh, und dein Fremdling, der in deinen Toren ist.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Septimo autem die sabbatum Domini Dei tui est: non facies omne opus in eo, tu, et filius tuus et filia tua, servus tuus et ancilla tua, jumentum tuum, et advena qui est intra portas tuas.