5And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and you make them rest from their burdens.


In Context

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 has met with us: let us go, we pray you, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice to the LORD our God; lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword.

4 And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you to your burdens.

5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and you make them rest from their burdens.

6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

7 You shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

Exodus 5:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:5And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now [are] many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:5Then Pharaoh said, "Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you are stopping them from working."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:5And Pharao said: The people of the land is numerous: you see that the multitude is increased: how much more if you give them rest from their works?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:5And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land are now many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5And Pharaoh said, Behold the people of the land are now many, and ye wish to make them rest from their burdens.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:5And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land are now many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5Pharaoh said, |Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5Pharaoh also saith, 'Lo, numerous now is the people of the land, and ye have caused them to cease from their burdens!'