Exodus 5:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.”
Exodus 5:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Exodus 5:4 in 6 Bible Translations
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Exodus 5:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The king of Egypt said to them, “Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens!””
Exodus 5:4 — World English Bible
Exodus 5:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their works? get you unto your burdens. ”
Exodus 5:4 — American Standard Version
Exodus 5:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the king of Egypt saith unto them, `Why, Moses and Aaron, do ye free the people from its works? go to your burdens.'”
Exodus 5:4 — Young's Literal Translation
Exodus 5:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do ye, Moses and Aaron, wish to have the people go off from their works? Away, to your burdens! ”
Exodus 5:4 — Darby Translation
Exodus 5:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then saide the King of Egypt vnto them, Moses and Aaron, why cause ye the people to cease from their workes? get you to your burdens.”
Exodus 5:4 — Geneva Bible
Exodus 5:4 in Context — Exodus 5
2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.
3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
What Does Exodus 5:4 Mean?
Exodus 5:4 is a verse from the Book of Exodus, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Exodus chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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