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


In Context

2 And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, that I should hearken unto his voice to let Israel go? I know not Jehovah, and moreover I will not 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 wilderness, and sacrifice unto Jehovah 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, loose the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

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

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

7 Ye 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 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!'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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