15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?


In Context

12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

13 And the taskmasters were urgent saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.

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

15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

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

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

Exodus 5:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:15Then the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: "Why have you treated your servants this way?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:15And the officers of the children of Israel came, and cried out to Pharao, saying: Why dealest thou so with thy servants?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why dost thou deal thus with thy bondmen?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why dealest thou thus with thy servants?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, |Why do you deal this way with your servants?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:15And the authorities of the sons of Israel come in and cry unto Pharaoh, saying, 'Why dost thou thus to thy servants?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why deal you thus with your servants?