17But he said, You are idle, you are idle: therefore you say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.


In Context

14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Why have you not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?

15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why deal you thus with your servants?

16 There is no straw given to your servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.

17 But he said, You are idle, you are idle: therefore you say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.

18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall you deliver the tale of bricks.

19 And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, You shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.

Exodus 5:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:17But he said, Ye [are] idle, [ye are] idle: therefore ye say, Let us go [and] do sacrifice to the LORD.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:17Pharaoh said, "Lazy, that's what you are-lazy! That is why you keep saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord .'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:17And he said: You are idle, and therefore you say: Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:17But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17And he said, Ye are idle, idle! therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:17But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go, and do sacrifice to the LORD.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17But he said, |You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to Yahweh.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17And he saith, 'Remiss — ye are remiss, therefore ye are saying, Let us go, let us sacrifice to Jehovah;