Exodus
King James Version (KJV)
Exodus 5:17
“But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.”
King James Version (KJV)
Exodus 5:17 Context
14And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore? 15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? 16There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people. 17But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD. 18Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. 19And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task. 20And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:
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Translation Details for Exodus 5:17
But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.
But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let vs goe and doe sacrifice to the Lord.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
But he said, "You are lazy, {very} lazy; therefore you say, 'Let us go {and} sacrifice to the LORD.'
- New American Standard Version (1995)
But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But he said, You have no love for work: that is why you say, Let us go and make an offering to the Lord.
- Basic English Bible
"You are slackers!" Pharaoh replied. "Slackers! That is why you keep saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.'
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
And he said, Ye are idle, idle! therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.
- Darby Bible
And he said: You are idle, and therefore you say: Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.
- English Revised Version
But he said, "You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to Yahweh.'
- World English Bible