Exodus 20:9

For six days ¹  you may labor ²  and do all your work, ³ 

Six days you shall labour and do all your work,

"Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

Six days a week are set apart for your daily duties and regular work,

Work six days and do everything you need to do.

On six days do all your work:

Six days you shall labor and do all your work.

Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

For six days ¹  you may labor ²  and do all your work, ³ 

¹ tn The text has simply “six days,” but this is an adverbial accusative of time, answering how long they were to work (GKC 374 §118.k).

² tn The imperfect tense has traditionally been rendered as a commandment, “you will labor.” But the point of this commandment is the prohibition of work on the seventh day. The permission nuance of the imperfect works well here.

³ tn This is the occupation, or business of the work week.