Exodus 5:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 5:5

3 So they said, ^a“The God of the Hebrews has ^bmet with us. Please, let us go three days’ journey into the desert and sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest He fall upon us with ^cpestilence or with the sword.”

4 Then the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people from their work? Get back to your ^alabor.”

5 And Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are ^amany now, and you make them rest from their labor!”

6 So the same day Pharaoh commanded the ^ataskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,

7 “You shall no longer give the people straw to make ^abrick as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.

8 And you shall lay on them the quota of bricks which they made before. You shall not reduce it. For they are idle; therefore they cry out, saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

9 Let more work be laid on the men, that they may labor in it, and let them not regard false words.”

10 And the taskmasters of the people and their officers went out and spoke to the people, saying, “Thus says Pharaoh: ‘I will not give you straw.

11 Go, get yourselves straw where you can find it; yet none of your work will be reduced.’ ”

Verse Comparison: Exodus 5:5

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American Standard Version
And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land are now many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

Amplified® Bible
Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and you make them rest from their burdens!

Contemporary English Version
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Darby English Version
And Pharaoh said, Behold the people of the land are now many, and ye wish to make them rest from their burdens.

Good News Bible
You people have become more numerous than the Egyptians. And now you want to stop working!"

King James Version
And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

New American Standard Bible
Again Pharaoh said, "Look, the people of the land are now many, and you would have them cease from their labors!"

New International Version
Then Pharaoh said, "Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you are stopping them from working."

New King James Version
And Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are many now, and you make them rest from their labor!”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Again Pharaoh said, "Look, the people of the land have now become many, and you would have them cease from their labors!"

Revised Standard Version
And Pharaoh said, "Behold, the people of the land are now many and you make them rest from their burdens!"

Young's Literal Translation
Pharaoh also saith, `Lo, numerous now `is' the people of the land, and ye have caused them to cease from their burdens!'

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