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?


In Context

2 But he answered: Who is the Lord, that I should hear his voice, and let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.

3 And they said: The God of the Hebrews hath called us, to go three days' journey into the wilderness and to sacrifice to the Lord our God: lest a pestilence or the sword fall upon us.

4 The king of Egypt said to them: Why do you Moses and Aaron draw off the people from their works? Get you gone to your burdens.

5 And 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?

6 Therefore he commanded the same day the overseers of the works, and the taskmasters of the people, saying:

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

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 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!'

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.