Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Then Pharaoh said, "You are lazy, lazy! That's why you're saying, "Let's go offer sacrifices to the LORD.'
New American Standard Bible
But he said, “You are
King James Version
But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.
Holman Bible
But he said, “You are slackers. Slackers! That is why you are saying, ‘Let us go sacrifice to the Lord.’
A Conservative Version
But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle. Therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to LORD.
American Standard Version
But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.
Amplified
But Pharaoh said, “You are lazy, very lazy and idle! That is why you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’
Bible in Basic English
But he said, You have no love for work: that is why you say, Let us go and make an offering to the Lord.
Darby Translation
And he said, Ye are idle, idle! therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will say, Ye are idle, ye are idle: for this ye said, We will go to sacrifice to Jehovah.
King James 2000
But he said, you are idle, you are idle: therefore you say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he said, "You [are] lazy, lazy! Therefore you [are] saying, 'Let us go; let us sacrifice to Yahweh.'
Modern King James verseion
But he said, You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you say, Let us go, let us sacrifice to Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he answered, "Idle are ye idle, and therefore ye say, 'Let us go and do sacrifice unto the LORD.'
NET Bible
But Pharaoh replied, "You are slackers! Slackers! That is why you are saying, 'Let us go sacrifice to the Lord.'
New Heart English Bible
But he said, "You are idle. You are idle. Therefore you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.'
The Emphasized Bible
But he said: Idle, ye are - idle, on this account, are, ye, saying, We must take our journey, we must sacrifice to Yahweh.
Webster
But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go, and do sacrifice to the LORD.
World English Bible
But he said, "You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to Yahweh.'
Youngs Literal Translation
And he saith, 'Remiss -- ye are remiss, therefore ye are saying, Let us go, let us sacrifice to Jehovah;
Themes
Cruelty » Instances of » Egyptians to the israelites
Topics
Interlinear
Raphah
Raphah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 5:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Further Oppression Of Israel
16 No straw is being given to us, yet they're saying to us, "Make bricks!' Look, we are being beaten. It's wrong how you are treating your people!" 17 Then Pharaoh said, "You are lazy, lazy! That's why you're saying, "Let's go offer sacrifices to the LORD.' 18 Now, go! Get to work! And straw won't be given to you, but you are to deliver the same number of bricks!"
Cross References
Exodus 5:8
But you're to impose the previous quota of bricks that they're making. You're not to reduce it! It is because they're lazy that they're crying out, "Let's go offer sacrifices to our God.'
Matthew 26:8
But when the disciples saw this, they became irritated and said, "Why this waste?
John 6:27
Do not work for food that perishes but for food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal on him."
2 Thessalonians 3:10-11
While we were with you, we gave this order: "If anyone doesn't want to work, he shouldn't eat."